In Croatia, Uherek families are mainly Czechs (from Pakrac ), rarely Croats (from Lipik ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Lipik. In Mali Banovac in Pakrac every ninth inhabitant had the family name Uherek.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Uherek live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Poljana (<10), Vukovar (<10), and in Mali Banovac (<5).