Surname Gregurek in modern Croatia

Gregurek families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Koprivnica. In Jarek Habekov in Novi Marof area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Gregurek.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Gregurek live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Koprivnica (25), Djelekovec in Koprivnica area (15), Krizevci (10), and in Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Gregurek (including: Gregurec , Gregurech ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. The family name "Gregurek " is used by some 100 people in Czech Republic , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Austria. "Gregurech " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Rudolf Gregurek, Ljerka Gregurek, Goran Gregurek, Zrinko Gregurek, Darko Gregurek, Damir Gregurek, Tomislav Gregurek, Duško Gregurek, Mirjana Gregurek, Boris Gregurek, Branko Gregurek, Dušanka Gregurek, Davor Gregurek, Berislav Gregurek, Lana Gregurek, Tihomir Gregurek, Zlatko Gregurek, Biserka Gregurek, Krešo Gregurek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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