Surname Puhelek in modern Croatia

Puhelek families are Croats and they are mostly from Sveti Ivan Zelina. According to some sources they originate from Czechia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sveti Ivan Zelina.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Puhelek live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and 10 other places, mostly in Selnica Psarjevacka (35), Gornje Psarjevo (15), Sveti Ivan Zelina (15), Blazevdol (<5), and in Donje Psarjevo (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Puhelek is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Gordana Puhelek, Dubravko Puhelek, Alan Puhelek, Stjepan Puhelek, Zlatko Puhelek, Darko Puhelek, Valentina Puhelek, Mladen Puhelek, Nataša Puhelek, Grozdana Puhelek, Sanja Puhelek, Ivana Puhelek, Mirjana Puhelek, Anita Puhelek, Radojka Puhelek, Drago Puhelek, Željko Puhelek, Tomislav Puhelek, Ivkica Puhelek

Mentions in sources

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

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