Surname Pentek in modern Croatia

Pentek families are Croats and they are mostly from Petrinja. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Petrinja and Samobor.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Pentek live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Novaki in Samobor area (20), Petrinja (15), Samobor (10), and in Pula (10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Australia (1).
Family name Pentek (including: Péntek , Penteck and Pentec ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Pentek " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 100 in Germany , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Penteck " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Péntek " is used by some 2000 people in Hungary , about 500 in Romania , and some 300 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davor Pentek, Ivan Pentek, Tibor Pentek, Krunoslav Pentek, Nenica Pentek, Berislav Pentek, Milena Pentek, Anita Pentek, Zoltan Pentek, Marija Pentek, Hrvoje Pentek, Robert Pentek, Tomo Pentek, Nevenka Pentek, Jasminka Pentek, Vlado Pentek, Danijel Pentek, Bruno Pentek, Rozana Pentek

Mentions in sources

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.

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