Surname Hašek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hašek families are almost entirely Croats (from Virovitica area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica area and in Pakrac. In Trnava Cabunska in Virovitica area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Hašek.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Hašek live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Daruvar (<10), Zagreb (<10), Rezovac (<10), Praputnjak (<10), and in Virovitica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hašek (including: Hasek , Hashek , Haschek , Hascek , Hásek , Hassek , Haseq , Hasseck , Hasheck and Haseck ) is present in 17 countries on four continents. The family name "Hasek " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 200 in Czech Republic , and some 50 people in Poland. "Hashek " is used by some 80 people in the United States and about 60 in Belarus. "Haschek " is used by some 100 people in Austria , about 80 in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Hašek, Vlado Hašek, Valerija Hašek, Ljiljana Hašek, Snježana Hašek, Ines Hašek, Milan Hašek, Dorotea Hašek, Zoran Hašek, Branka Hašek, Jasenka Hašek, Stjepan Hašek, Biserka Hašek, Kristijan Hašek, Jaroslav Hašek, Vinka Hašek, Slavko Hašek, Zlatko Hašek, Zdenko Hašek

Mentions in sources

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

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