Surname Hidek in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Hidek live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 60 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Slatina (<10), Nova Bukovica in Slatina area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Osijek (<5), and in Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hidek (including: Hideche , Chidekh , Hydeck , Hideck , Hydek , Chiddek and Thiedek ) is present in 11 countries worldwide. The family name "Hidek " is used by some 70 people in Brazil and about 60 in the United States. "Thiedek " is used by few people in the United States. "Hideck " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Roman Hidek, Josip Hidek, Silvana Hidek, Krešimir Hidek, Martina Hidek, Slavko Hidek, Željko Hidek, Melita Hidek, Marina Hidek, Franjo Hidek, Jadranka Hidek, Božica Hidek, Alojz Hidek, Darko Hidek, Zdravko Hidek, Sanela Hidek, Rudolf Hidek, Vlado Hidek, Kristina Hidek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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