Surname Ivanek in modern Croatia

Ivanek families are Croats and they are mostly from Zabok. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zabok. In Čurilovec in Varazdinske Toplice every fifth inhabitant had the family name Ivanek.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Ivanek live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Hum Zabocki (30), Curilovec (25), Pesek (10), and in Varazdin (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ivanek (including: Iwanek , Ivánek , Ivanec , Iwanec and Yvanek ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Ivanek " is used by some 100 people in Czech Republic and small number in the United States. "Iwanek " is used by some 2000 people in Poland , about 100 in Germany , and small number of people in the United States. "Ivánek " is used by some 300 people in Czech Republic , about 70 in Slovakia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ana Ivanek, Tomislav Ivanek, Jasna Ivanek, Zlatko Ivanek, Lidija Ivanek, Tihomir Ivanek, Ljiljana Ivanek, Tibor Ivanek, Miroslav Ivanek, Stanko Ivanek, Nataša Ivanek, Ankica Ivanek, Mladen Ivanek, Danijel Ivanek, Marijan Ivanek, Filip Ivanek, Željko Ivanek, Krešimir Ivanek, Josip Ivanek

Mentions in sources

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

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