Surname Kerek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kerek families are Croats (from Vukovar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar and Mursko Sredisce.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kerek live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Vukovar (<5), Slatina (<5), and in Mursko Sredisce (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kerek (including: Kerec , Kerecha , Kerecz , Kereci , Kerrec , Kerechek , Kerechuk , Kerechko and Kerrek ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. "Kerrek " is used by few people in the United States. "Kerechek " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kerechuk " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vesna Kerek, Ružica Kerek, Krešimir Kerek, Leopold Kerek, Jovanka Kerek, Antun Kerek, Vladimir Kerek, Ida Kerek, Josip Kerek, Ferdinand Kerek, Milka Kerek, Laura Kerek, Leona Kerek, Ana Kerek, Ivan Kerek, Katarina Kerek, Anica Kerek, Kata Kerek, Mariška Kerek

Mentions in sources

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

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