Surname Veček in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Veček live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), in Donja Pacetina (20) and Komor Zacretski (15) in Zabok area, Sesvete (10), and in Svaljkovec in Zabok area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Veček (including: Vecek , Vechorek , Vetscher , Vechek , Vecherek , Wetscher , Vecheck and Wetscherek ) is present in 13 countries on two continents. "Vechek " is used by few people in Belarus , few people in Russian Federation , and few people in the United States. "Vecheck " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Vetscher " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Petar Veček, Nenad Veček, Andrea Veček, Krunoslav Veček, Ivan Veček, Petra Veček, Milisav Veček, Sanja Veček, Vlado Veček, Marcel Veček, Darko Veček, Jana Veček, Ivica Veček, Dubravka Veček, Jelena Veček, Tomislav Veček, Marko Veček, Sara Veček, Franjo Veček

Mentions in sources

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

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