Surname Poštek in modern Croatia

Poštek families are Croats and they are mostly from Donja Stubica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Donja Stubica area. In Dobri Zdenci in Donja Stubica area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Poštek.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Poštek live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), in Dobri Zdenci (20) and Gornja Stubica (<10) in Donja Stubica area, Martinisce (<10), and in Donja Stubica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Poštek (including: Postek , Postec and Posteck ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Postek " is used by some 3000 people in Poland , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Japan. "Posteck " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdenko Poštek, Damir Poštek, Zlatko Poštek, Stjepan Poštek, Dražen Poštek, Marija Poštek, Božidar Poštek, Lidija Poštek, Mladen Poštek, Antonio Poštek, Renata Poštek, Martina Poštek, Mihaela Poštek, Dalibor Poštek, Kristijan Poštek, Danijela Poštek, Ines Poštek, Zoran Poštek, Darinka Poštek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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