Surname Malek in modern Croatia

Malek families are often Croats and they are mostly from Prelog , less frequently Czechs (from Daruvar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Prelog.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Malek live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 380 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 39 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Prelog (40), Koncanica in Daruvar area (15), Velika Gorica (10), and in Gorican in Cakovec area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Malek (including: Mallek , Maleck , Malleck , Mallekh , Malekh , Malliek , Maleek , Mallyek and Maalek ) is present in 120 countries worldwide. "Mallek " is used by some 4000 people in Algeria , about 2000 in Tunisia , and some 700 people in the United States. "Malleck " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Mauritius , and some 100 people in Canada. "Malec " is used by some 30000 people in Poland , about 4000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Czech Republic.

Characteristic first names

Mirjana Malek, Davorin Malek, Dalibor Malek, Marjana Malek, Boris Malek, Vlado Malek, Zlata Malek, Stjepan Malek, Milan Malek, Snježana Malek, Mladen Malek, Darko Malek, Silvija Malek, Sandra Malek, Katica Malek, Ivan Malek, Oto Malek, Karlo Malek, Maša Malek

Mentions in sources

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.

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