Surname Kruhek in modern Croatia

Kruhek families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area. In Bočaki in Zlatar area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Kruhek.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Kruhek live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Bocaki in Zlatar area (25), Varazdin (<10), Karlovac (<5), and in Petrijanec in Varazdin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Kruhek (including: Kruchek , Krucheck ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. "Krucheck " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Milan Kruhek, Igor Kruhek, Antun Kruhek, Marijan Kruhek, Ljerka Kruhek, Miljenko Kruhek, Stjepan Kruhek, Vesna Kruhek, Snježana Kruhek, Ivanka Kruhek, Branko Kruhek, Dario Kruhek, Mirjana Kruhek, Antica Kruhek, Daniel Kruhek, Marijo Kruhek, Dubravka Kruhek, Ljiljana Kruhek, Marija Kruhek

Mentions in sources

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

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