Krmek families are Croats and they are mostly from Neum (Herzegovina). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area) and in Dubrovnik. In Drijen in Bosanian Posavina every second inhabitant had the family name Krmek.
Prevalence
About 310 people with faimily name Krmek live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (75), Zagreb (35), Opuzen (25), Mokosica (20), and in Metkovic (20).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.