Surname Tek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Tek families are Croats (from Virovitica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Virovitica area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Tek live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Karlovac (25), Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (<5), Ozalj (<5), Draganic in Karlovac area (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Tek (including: Teck , Thek , Teek , Tekh , Techko , Theck , Techky , Thekk and Tekk ) is present in 126 countries worldwide. "Thek " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Austria , and some 70 people in Angola. "Teck " is used by some 2000 people in Malaysia , about 400 in Singapore , and some 300 people in the United States. "Techky " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Tek, Marinko Tek, Danijel Tek, Stjepan Tek, Vesna Tek, Marija Tek, Nikola Tek, Damir Tek, Goran Tek, Vladimir Tek, Ljubica Tek, Mirjana Tek, Predrag Tek, Franjo Tek, Ivan Tek, Kata Tek, Josip Tek, Zdravko Tek, Ladislav Tek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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