Surname Vincek in modern Croatia

Vincek families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb. In places Margečan and Pece in Ivanec every eighth inhabitant had the family name Vincek.

Prevalence

About 1200 people with faimily name Vincek live in Croatia today, in 440 households. There were 1200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 36 cities and 134 other places, mostly in Zagreb (215), Varazdin (95), Radovan (40), Molve in Djurdjevac area (35), and in Podevcevo (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (7), Austria (3), the Netherlands (1), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Vincek (including: Wiencek , Wincek , Winzek , Wienzek , Wientzek , Vincec , Viencek , Winchek and Vinzek ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Vincek " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 50 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Canada. "Viencek " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Wincek " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 200 in Poland , and some 60 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Vincek, Božena Vincek, Robert Vincek, Dragutin Vincek, Mato Vincek, Damir Vincek, Željko Vincek, Gordana Vincek, Florijan Vincek, Tanja Vincek, Dalija Vincek, Dražen Vincek, Mario Vincek, Stanko Vincek, Vlatko Vincek, Mirjana Vincek, Krešo Vincek, Milan Vincek, Antun Vincek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1679 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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