Surname Picek in modern Croatia

Picek families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava and Zagreb. In Muričevec in Lepoglava every third inhabitant had the family name Picek.

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Picek live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Muricevec (35), Lepoglava (15), Klenovnik in Ivanec area (10), and in Turkovcina in Sveti Ivan Zelina area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Picek (including: Piecek , Picech , Pitzek , Pichek , Piceci , Pizek , Pizzeck , Pizhek and Pycek ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Picek " is used by some 1000 people in Czech Republic , about 400 in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina. "Pizek " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Piecek " is used by some 800 people in Poland , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Berislava Picek, Ruben Picek, Ivica Picek, Meri Picek, Damir Picek, Vlado Picek, Edo Picek, Krešo Picek, Dražen Picek, Ivona Picek, Mario Picek, Mirjana Picek, Alen Picek, Ivana Picek, Blaženka Picek, Zdravko Picek, Dragutin Picek, Karmenka Picek, Marko Picek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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