Surname Radek in modern Croatia

Radek families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec (ili Mihovljana pored Čakovca). According to some sources they are from Czechia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Samobor. In Savršćak in Samobor every seventh inhabitant had the family name Radek.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Radek live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Cakovec (70), Samobor (20), in Zasadbreg (20) and Senkovec (15) in Cakovec area, and in Savrscak (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Radek (including: Radeck , Hradek , Rádek , Radec , Radechko , Radech , Radecha , Radechel and Hradeck ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. "Radeck " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 100 in Brazil , and some 100 people in the United States. "Radec " is used by few people in the United States. "Radech " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Radek, Željko Radek, Ana Radek, Saša Radek, Štefanija Radek, Kaja Radek, Marijana Radek, Dijana Radek, Sanimir Radek, Ivan Radek, Karolina Radek, Mario Radek, Tomislav Radek, Antun Radek, Tino Radek, Igor Radek, Josip Radek, Boris Radek, Renato Radek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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