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Surname Urek in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Urek families are generally Croats (from Zabok area ), rarely Slovenes (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Rijeka. In Zagorska Sela in Klanjec area every sixtieth inhabitant had the family name Urek.
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Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Urek live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Gornji Cemehovec in Zabok area (<10), Velika Gorica (<5), Kastav (<5), and in Sveta Nedelja in Samobor area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Urek (including: Ureche , Uherek , Urech , Urechi , Urechko , Urechuk , Urechet , Ureq and Urechii ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. "Urech " is used by some 800 people in Switzerland , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Spain. "Uherec " is used by small number of people in Czech Republic and small number in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Roman Urek,
Sanja Urek,
Velimir Urek,
Robert Urek,
Zrinka Urek,
Sandra Urek,
Vesna Urek,
Kristian Urek,
Vedran Urek,
Matija Urek,
Ivica Urek,
Damir Urek,
Ljiljana Urek,
Božica Urek,
Katja Urek,
Maja Urek,
Krešo Urek,
Ivan Urek,
Andrija Urek