Surname Patek in modern Croatia

Patek families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Daruvar area , but often Czechs (also from Daruvar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and in Daruvar area.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Patek live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Sirac (20) and Sibovac (15) in Daruvar area, Zagreb (10), Varazdin (<10), and in Trojeglava in Daruvar area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Patek (including: Pátek , Pathek , Pattek , Patechia , Phattekh , Patechuk , Patharek and Pateck ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. The family name "Patek " is used by some 800 people in the United States , about 300 in Poland , and some 100 people in Czech Republic. "Pattek " is used by some 50 people in the United States and small number in Mexico. "Patechuk " is used by few people in Kazakhstan and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvjezdana Patek, Anđelka Patek, Darko Patek, Vitomir Patek, Nenad Patek, Krunoslav Patek, Nikolina Patek, Tihomir Patek, Miroslav Patek, Ivica Patek, Dalibor Patek, Josip Patek, Radoslav Patek, Manja Patek, Tihana Patek, Željko Patek, Maja Patek, Stjepan Patek, Blaženka Patek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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