Surname Mostečak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mostečak families are almost entirely Croats (from Lepoglava area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava area and in Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Mostečak live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Benkovec in Lepoglava area (10), Osijek (<10), Ivanec (<5), and in Varazdin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mostečak is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Mostecak " is used by few people in France and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dragutin Mostečak, Željka Mostečak, Snježana Mostečak, Tomislav Mostečak, Ivica Mostečak, Hrvoje Mostečak, Alen Mostečak, Vladimir Mostečak, Ana Mostečak, Stjepan Mostečak, Stevo Mostečak, Miljenko Mostečak, Maja Mostečak, Slavko Mostečak, Ivan Mostečak, Nada Mostečak, Marijan Mostečak, Vesna Mostečak, Renata Mostečak

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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