Surname Gudek in modern Croatia

Gudek families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area. In Gornja Konjščina in Zlatar area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Gudek.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Gudek live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), in Gornja Konjscina (20) and Konjscina (15) in Zlatar area, Labin (<10), and in Novoselec in Ivanic-Grad area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gudek (including: Güdek , Gudecha , Guddeck , Gudec and Gudechek ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. The family name "Gudek " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Poland. "Guddeck " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Güdek " is used by some 2000 people in Turkey and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Gudek, Daniel Gudek, Zlatko Gudek, Dejan Gudek, Sandra Gudek, Žarko Gudek, Vlado Gudek, Joža Gudek, Radovan Gudek, Davor Gudek, Ivan Gudek, Marina Gudek, Loris Gudek, Milivoj Gudek, Marija Gudek, Milan Gudek, Ružica Gudek, Zoran Gudek, Dominik Gudek

Mentions in sources

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

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