Surname Hubek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hubek families are almost entirely Croats (from Ivanec area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Osijek.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Hubek live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and 9 other places, mostly in Plitvica Vocanska in Ivanec area (<10), Osijek (<5), Vinica in Ivanec area (<5), Labin (<5), and in Popovac in Beli Manastir area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hubek (including: Chlubek , Hubeek , Hubeck , Chubeck , Chubek , Hübek , Choyubek , Chaubek and Huebeck ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Hubek " is used by some 100 people in Slovakia , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Hubeck " is used by small number of people in Peru and small number in the United States. "Huebeck " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Antun Hubek, Dario Hubek, Biljana Hubek, Mirko Hubek, Danica Hubek, Leopold Hubek, Vlado Hubek, Zoran Hubek, Katica Hubek, Dragutin Hubek, Vesna Hubek, Sanja Hubek, Tomislav Hubek, Mladen Hubek, Ljubica Hubek, Marinka Hubek, Ivica Hubek, Snježana Hubek, Tamara Hubek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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