Surname Kellek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kellek families are generally Croats (from Pula ), rarely Slovenes (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kellek live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (<10) and Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kellek (including: Kelleci , Cellek , Kelleck and Kellec ) is present in 19 countries on four continents. "Kelleck " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kellec " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Natali Kellek, Zvonko Kellek, Irma Kellek, Filip Kellek, Ivana Kellek, Zdenka Kellek, Rita Kellek, Marijan Kellek, Biserka Kellek, Karla Kellek, Ana Kellek

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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