Ocvirek families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Samobor. In Pavlovec Ravenski in Krizevci every seventh inhabitant had the family name Ocvirek.
Prevalence
About 220 people with faimily name Ocvirek live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 33 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Poznanovec in Lepoglava area (15), Krapina Selo in Zlatar area (10), Podvrh (10), and in Samobor (10).
Outside Croatia
At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (1), the United States (1), and to Canada (1). Family name Ocvirek is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Ocvirek " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.
