Surname Grgek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Grgek families are Croats (from Ludbreg area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ludbreg area and in Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Grgek live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Hrzenica in Ludbreg area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Prelog (<5), Sveti Djurdj in Ludbreg area (<5), and in Varazdin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Grgek (including: Grgec , Gergek ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. The family name "Grgek " is used by few people in the United States. "Grgec " is used by small number of people in New Zealand and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonko Grgek, Dinka Grgek, Renata Grgek, Ivica Grgek, Ines Grgek, Višnja Grgek, Marko Grgek, Mirjana Grgek, Franjo Grgek, Ruben Grgek, Luka Grgek, Štefanija Grgek, Mara Grgek, Marija Grgek, Dragica Grgek, Marijana Grgek, Goran Grgek, Saša Grgek, Danijel Grgek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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