Surname Recek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Recek families are almost entirely Croats (from Mursko Sredisce area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Djurdjevac area.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Recek live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, threee cities and 10 other places, mostly in Pula (15), in Donji Kraljevec (<10) and Palinovec (<10) in Prelog area, Zagreb (<5), and in Podturen in Mursko Sredisce area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Recek (including: Rezek , Rezeck , Rechek , Rezzek , Retzek , Reccek , Recheck , Rezsek and Rezhek ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Recek " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Germany. "Rezzek " is used by few people in the United States. "Rechek " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Snježana Recek, Zvonimir Recek, Tamara Recek, Igor Recek, Nada Recek, Zdenko Recek, Patrik Recek, Robert Recek, Danijel Recek, Petar Recek, Željko Recek, Franjo Recek, Zlatko Recek, Marina Recek, Renata Recek, Stjepan Recek, Ornela Recek, Zvjezdana Recek, Mirko Recek

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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