Surname Gorišek in modern Croatia

Gorišek families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Samobor , rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slovenia and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Gorišek live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Samobor (40), Zagreb (25), Mali Tabor in Pregrada area (20), Karlovac (<10), and in Samoborski Otok (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gorišek (including: Gorisek , Gorishek and Gorischek ) is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Gorisek " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Gorishek " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Gorischek " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Darko Gorišek, Željko Gorišek, Danijel Gorišek, Jasminka Gorišek, Zoran Gorišek, Robert Gorišek, Ivica Gorišek, Milica Gorišek, Bara Gorišek, Anđela Gorišek, Štefica Gorišek, Nikola Gorišek, Tomislav Gorišek, Hrvoje Gorišek, Josip Gorišek, Božidar Gorišek, Anica Gorišek, Bruno Gorišek, Ivan Gorišek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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