Kovačićek families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Novi Marof area. In Donji Kraljevec in Novi Marof area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Kovačićek.
Prevalence
About 240 people with faimily name Kovačićek live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Jakovlje in Zapresic area (30), Donji Kraljevec in Novi Marof area (20), Velika Erpenja in Zabok area (15), and in Tuhelj in Klanjec area (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Kovačićek is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Kovacicek " is used by few people in the United States.
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.