Surname Holek in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Holek live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Bucje (<10), Koprivnica (<10), Split (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Krizevci (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Holek (including: Holec , Holecz , Holechek , Hollek , Holeck , Holeek , Holleck , Holechko and Holeq ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. "Holeck " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Hollek " is used by some 90 people in the United States , about 90 in Germany , and small number of people in Poland. "Holec " is used by some 1000 people in Czech Republic , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Slovakia.

Characteristic first names

Josip Holek, Slavko Holek, Gjuro Holek, Marija Holek, Dragan Holek, Damir Holek, Josipa Holek, Štefica Holek, Dominik Holek, Nikola Holek, Zdravka Holek, Miroslav Holek, Ana Holek, Ivan Holek, Đurđica Holek, Zdenka Holek, Nina Holek, Robert Holek, Manda Holek

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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