Surname Jambrek in modern Croatia

Jambrek families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. According to some sources they are from Bedekovcina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Lepoglava area. In Vojnić-Breg in Lepoglava area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Jambrek.

Prevalence

About 420 people with faimily name Jambrek live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 590 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 60 other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Gornji Stupnik in Samobor area (20), Sisak (15), Varazdin (15), and in Kutjevo in Orahovica area (10).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), the United States (2), Australia (1), and to France (1).
Family name Jambrek (including: Jambrec , Yambrek and Yambreck ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Jambrek " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Austria. "Yambrek " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Yambreck " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Jambrek, Damir Jambrek, Vladimir Jambrek, Vlado Jambrek, Ines Jambrek, Josip Jambrek, Kristina Jambrek, Krunoslav Jambrek, Željko Jambrek, Dalibor Jambrek, Siniša Jambrek, Dragutin Jambrek, Beti Jambrek, Sanina Jambrek, Alenka Jambrek, Rikardo Jambrek, Miroslav Jambrek, Silvijo Jambrek, Igor Jambrek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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