Surname Višek in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Višek live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Zavrsje Loborsko in Zlatar area (10), Garesnica (<10), Vinkovci (<10), and in Globocec in Zlatar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Višek (including: Visek , Wiesek , Vishek , Visseq , Viscek , Wishek , Wishnek , Vissek and Wisek ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Visek " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Viscek " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Wisek " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Pero Višek, Tea Višek, Ana Višek, Ivan Višek, Boris Višek, Jelena Višek, Kristijan Višek, Zvonimir Višek, Srećko Višek, Danijel Višek, Ivana Višek, Davor Višek, Jadranka Višek, Marija Višek, Roman Višek, Ljiljana Višek, Željkica Višek, Tomislav Višek, Natalija Višek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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