Tomek families are often Croats and they are mostly from Zabok , less frequently Czechs (from Daruvar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zabok and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Tomek live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Zabok (50), Zagreb (20), Nova Kapela in Pozega area (15), Grabrovec (10), and in Bikovec in Ivanec area (10).
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.
