Surname Hrečuk in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Hrečuk live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Sumece in Pleternica area (10), Slavonski Brod (<10), Slobodnica in Slavonski Brod area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hrečuk (including: Hrecuk , Hreczuch , Hrechuk , Herechuk , Hreczuk , Hrechukh and Hrechuck ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. "Hrechuck " is used by few people in the United States. "Hreczuch " is used by some 300 people in Poland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Hrečuk, Eva Hrečuk, Lidija Hrečuk, Andrija Hrečuk, Mijo Hrečuk, Josip Hrečuk, Štefica Hrečuk, Ivan Hrečuk, Igor Hrečuk, Kristina Hrečuk, Vedran Hrečuk, Mato Hrečuk, Stjepan Hrečuk, Marija Hrečuk, Terezija Hrečuk, Ana Hrečuk, Anka Hrečuk, Verica Hrečuk, Tomislav Hrečuk

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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