Lovrek families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Prelog area and in Zabok area.
Prevalence
About 330 people with faimily name Lovrek live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 430 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 47 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Donji Vidovec in Prelog area (35), Dubrovcan in Zabok area (25), Gardinovec in Cakovec area (15), and in Cakovec (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Lovrek (including: Lovrec , Lowrek ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Lovrek " is used by some 100 people in Austria , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
