Surname Rezek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Rezek families are Croats (from Ivanic-Grad area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Velika Gorica and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Rezek live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Poljana Cicka (10), Novo Cice (<10), and in Obed in Ivanic-Grad area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rezek (including: Rezeq , Rezeck , Rezzek , Rezec , Rezsek and Rezhek ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. "Rezzek " is used by few people in the United States. "Rezec " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Rezek, Dalibor Rezek, Ivan Rezek, Antonin Rezek, Bojan Rezek, Stjepana Rezek, Željka Rezek, Dejan Rezek, Barbara Rezek, Božidar Rezek, Milenko Rezek, Natalija Rezek, Josip Rezek, Franjo Rezek, Zlata Rezek, Dragutina Rezek, Marija Rezek, Stjepan Rezek, Daniel Rezek

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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