Surname Terek in modern Croatia

Terek families are often Croats and they are mostly from Slatina area , less frequently Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Slatina area.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Terek live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 310 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Slatina (<10), Osijek (<10), Bedenik in Bjelovar area (<10), and in Cakovec (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Terek (including: Terekh , Terech , Terec , Tereci , Tereck , Terrec , Terechka , Terechko and Terechuk ) is present in 66 countries worldwide. The family name "Terek " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 600 in Hungary , and some 600 people in Turkey. "Tereck " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States. "Terech " is used by some 700 people in Poland , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Darko Terek, Borivoj Terek, Angelika Terek, Igor Terek, Zoltan Terek, Marijan Terek, Ivana Terek, Danica Terek, Davorin Terek, Eva Terek, Tatjana Terek, Josip Terek, Ladislav Terek, Jasna Terek, Mario Terek, Ljubica Terek, Ernest Terek, Željko Terek, Imre Terek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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