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.
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).
