Surname Timek in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Timek live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), in Veliki Rastovac (<10) and Staro Petrovo Polje (<10) in Slatina area, Zdenci in Orahovica area (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Timek (including: Tymek , Timechko , Tymec , Timeche and Tymeck ) is present in 13 countries on three continents. The family name "Timek " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Poland , and small number of people in Slovakia. "Timeche " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Tymeck " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Timek, Ivan Timek, Mirjana Timek, Andrija Timek, Marija Timek, Tomislav Timek, Barica Timek, Reza Timek, Milan Timek, Vesna Timek, Anamarija Timek, Martina Timek, Andrijana Timek, Domagoj Timek, Marko Timek, Matija Timek, Tomislava Timek, Mihaela Timek, Marin Timek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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