Surname Vitek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Vitek families are generally Croats (from Ilok ), very rarely Czechs (from Kutina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ilok and Kutina.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Vitek live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Bapska (<10), Medjuric (<10), Zagreb (<10), Vukovar (<10), and in Banova Jaruga (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vitek (including: Witek , Vítek , Wittek , Wiitek , Vittek , Vitteck , Viteck , Vitech and Vitec ) is present in 59 countries worldwide. The family name "Vitek " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 900 in Czech Republic , and some 100 people in Germany. "Vittek " is used by some 400 people in Slovakia , about 100 in the United States , and some 60 people in Czech Republic. "Vitteck " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Vitek, Krešimir Vitek, Mirjana Vitek, Mihael Vitek, Blaženka Vitek, Jelka Vitek, Željko Vitek, Ankica Vitek, Vlatko Vitek, Biljana Vitek, Janja Vitek, Zvonimir Vitek, Ivan Vitek, Franjo Vitek, Marijan Vitek, Dragutin Vitek, Antun Vitek, Marica Vitek, Kristina Vitek

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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