Surname Kunek in modern Croatia

Kunek families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanic-Grad. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanic-Grad and in Zagreb. In Donji Šarampov in Ivanic-Grad every tenth inhabitant had the family name Kunek.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Kunek live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Ivanic-Grad (40), Zagreb (10), Sesvete (10), Martinac (<10), and in Negovec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kunek (including: Künek , Kunec , Cunek , Kuneck , Kunecz and Ciunek ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Kunek " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kuneck " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Kunec " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 70 in Slovakia , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Kunek, Goran Kunek, Branko Kunek, Ivo Kunek, Miroslav Kunek, Nina Kunek, Mirjana Kunek, Marijela Kunek, Zlata Kunek, Zvonimir Kunek, Zdravko Kunek, Josip Kunek, Ivanka Kunek, Spomenka Kunek, Tihomir Kunek, Božidar Kunek, Vinko Kunek, Ivan Kunek, Dragutin Kunek

Mentions in sources

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

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