Surname Ježek in modern Croatia

Ježek families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Lepoglava. In Tuheljske Toplice in Klanjec area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Ježek.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Ježek live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Lepoglava (40), Velika Erpenja in Zabok area (20), Bjelovar (10), and in Stara Kapela in Vrbovec area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), France (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Ježek (including: Jezek , Yezek , Iezek and Jezsek ) is present in 11 countries on two continents. The family name "Jezek " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 900 in Czech Republic , and some 100 people in Germany. "Yezek " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Turkey. "Iezek " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Ježek, Davor Ježek, Mario Ježek, Jadranka Ježek, Blaženka Ježek, Mladen Ježek, Mirko Ježek, Suzana Ježek, Zvonimir Ježek, Danijel Ježek, Kristina Ježek, Luka Ježek, Dario Ježek, Cornelia Ježek, Vibor Ježek, Bruno Ježek, Ivan Ježek, Mirjana Ježek, Ines Ježek

Mentions in sources

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

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