Surname Mendek in modern Croatia

Mendek 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.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Mendek live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), in Velika Petrovagorska (10) and Petrova Gora (<10) in Zlatar area, Varazdin (<10), and in Persaves in Zlatar area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mendek (including: Mendec , Mendeck and Mendeci ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Mendek " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Indonesia. "Mendeck " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Mendec " is used by some 50 people in Poland and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Mendek, Marijo Mendek, Željka Mendek, Stjepan Mendek, Nada Mendek, Marina Mendek, Franjo Mendek, Tomislav Mendek, Ivan Mendek, Darko Mendek, Damir Mendek, Miroslav Mendek, Marko Mendek, Mirjana Mendek, Krunoslav Mendek, Mladen Mendek, Nike Mendek, Martina Mendek, Anđelko Mendek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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