Surname Turek in modern Croatia

Turek families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ludbreg area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Turek live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 320 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 21 cities and 32 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Ludbreg (20), Sveti Djurdj in Ludbreg area (15), Prelog (15), and in Ljudevit Selo (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Turek (including: Tureck , Turrecha , Thurecht , Turechek , Turrek , Turec , Thurek , Turreck and Thureck ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. The family name "Turek " is used by some 20000 people in Poland , about 7000 in the United States , and some 4000 people in Czech Republic. "Tureck " is used by some 600 people in Brazil , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Thureck " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Turek, Kristina Turek, Stjepan Turek, Darko Turek, Ivan Turek, Zvonko Turek, Željko Turek, Stanislav Turek, Elena Turek, Dragica Turek, Draženko Turek, Ivanka Turek, Maja Turek, Sanjica Turek, Tatjana Turek, Mihael Turek, Damir Turek, Mario Turek, Zlatko Turek

Mentions in sources

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.

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