Surname Rech in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Rech families are Croats (from Bjelovar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Cazma. In Šiptari in Bjelovar area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Rech.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Rech live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in only five Croatian places: in Zagreb (<10), Bjelovar (<5), Curlovac in Bjelovar area (<5), Hlebine in Koprivnica area (<5), and in Botinac in Bjelovar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rech (including: Recchia , Recchi , Recchio , Reech , Recchie , Recchy , Erech , Herech and Recth ) is present in 65 countries worldwide. The family name "Rech " is used by some 20000 people in Brazil , about 4000 in Germany , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Recth " is used by few people in the United States. "Reech " is used by some 1000 people in Sudan , about 200 in the United States , and some 60 people in Uganda.

Characteristic first names

Darko Rech, Marina Rech, Marija Rech, Franka Rech, Marica Rech, Verica Rech, Ivan Rech, Jana Rech, Danica Rech, Slavko Rech, Ljubica Rech, Vladimir Rech, Štefana Rech, Ivka Rech, Stevo Rech, Renata Rech, Danijel Rech, Ivana Rech, Rudolf Rech

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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