Surname Vacek in modern Croatia

Vacek families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Ivanic-Grad area , but often Czechs (iz Grubisno Polje, or Czechia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Grubisno Polje.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Vacek live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Veliki Zdenci (10), Pakrac (<10), Garesnica (<10), and in Poljana (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1).
Family name Vacek (including: Wacek , Vachek , Watzek , Wachek and Vacech ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Vacek " is used by some 7000 people in Czech Republic , about 3000 in the United States , and some 400 people in Slovakia. "Vachek " is used by some 300 people in Czech Republic , about 200 in Germany , and small number of people in the United States. "Wacek " is used by some 500 people in Poland , about 300 in the United States , and some 80 people in Indonesia.

Characteristic first names

Dalibor Vacek, Siniša Vacek, Valerija Vacek, Božidar Vacek, Daliborka Vacek, Marina Vacek, Ivan Vacek, Hinko Vacek, Edo Vacek, Daniel Vacek, Ksenija Vacek, Zdeslav Vacek, Vinko Vacek, Vjekoslav Vacek, Martina Vacek, Vladimir Vacek, Franjo Vacek, Zdravko Vacek, Danijel Vacek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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