Surname Romek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Romek families are Croats (from Bjelovar area ), barely Macedonians (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Romek live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Bjelovar (25), Zagreb (15), Zapresic (<10), and in Starcevljani (<10) and Srednji Mosti (<10) in Bjelovar area.

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Romek (including: Hromek , Hromec , Rommeck , Romec , Romechi and Romeck ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. "Rommeck " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Hromek " is used by some 700 people in Czech Republic , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Argentina , some 100 people in Slovakia.

Characteristic first names

Damir Romek, Tomislav Romek, Zdravko Romek, Mihael Romek, Zlatko Romek, Snježana Romek, Robert Romek, Valerio Romek, Saša Romek, Tatjana Romek, Miroslav Romek, Darko Romek, Kristina Romek, Dobrila Romek, Liljana Romek, Željko Romek, Vladimir Romek, Sanja Romek, Dubravko Romek

Mentions in sources

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

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