Surname Muhek in modern Croatia

Muhek 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 70 people with faimily name Muhek live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), in Podgorje Bistricko (25) and Marija Bistrica (10) in Zlatar area, Sesvete (<5), and in Visnjan in Porec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Muhek (including: Mucheche , Muhech , Mucheck , Muhecha and Muchecha ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Muhek " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Mucheck " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Renata Muhek, Rozalija Muhek, Stjepan Muhek, Mladen Muhek, Zoran Muhek, Miroslav Muhek, Marija Muhek, Aleksandra Muhek, Krešo Muhek, Damir Muhek, Ivica Muhek, Matija Muhek, Marijana Muhek, Tomislav Muhek, Ivana Muhek, Jurica Muhek, Ana Muhek, Mirjana Muhek, Dubravka Muhek

Mentions in sources

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.

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