Surname Katanek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Katanek families are Croats (from Dugo Selo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dugo Selo area.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Katanek live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Gracac (<5), Vukovje Zelinsko (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Katanek (including: Katanec , Kattanek ) is present in 7 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Mirko Katanek, Stjepan Katanek, Štefica Katanek, Vesna Katanek, Anita Katanek, Vladimir Katanek, Franjo Katanek, Magda Katanek, Imbro Katanek, Slavica Katanek, Ruža Katanek, Ana Katanek, Anka Katanek, Draga Katanek, Jaga Katanek, Slava Katanek

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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