Surname Hanžek in modern Croatia

Hanžek families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zlatar. In Karivaroš in Donja Stubica area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Hanžek.

Prevalence

About 1000 people with faimily name Hanžek live in Croatia today, in 400 households. There were 990 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 41 cities and 116 other places, mostly in Zagreb (190), Martinscina (60), Karivaros in Donja Stubica area (45), Greda in Ivanec area (35), and in Juranscina (35).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hanžek (including: Hanzek , Hanzec and Hanzsek ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. The family name "Hanzek " is used by some 90 people in the United States , about 70 in Canada , and small number of people in Germany. "Hanzsek " is used by small number of people in Brazil , small number in Hungary , and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Hanžek, Grozdana Hanžek, Goran Hanžek, Branko Hanžek, Ivica Hanžek, Lidija Hanžek, Toni Hanžek, Ivan Hanžek, Miroslav Hanžek, Željko Hanžek, Ljiljana Hanžek, Jasna Hanžek, Stjepan Hanžek, Alen Hanžek, Gordan Hanžek, Tomislav Hanžek, Marijan Hanžek, Saša Hanžek, Davor Hanžek

Mentions in sources

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

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