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Surname Vrhovec in modern Croatia
Vrhovec families are Croats and they are mostly from Oroslavje area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Krapina. In Žejinci in Oroslavje area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Vrhovec.
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Prevalence
About 430 people with faimily name Vrhovec live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 340 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 46 other places, mostly in Zagreb (95), Krizevci (50), Luka in Oroslavje area (45), Tkalci (35), and in Zutnica (20).
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Outside Croatia
At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Vrhovec (including: Verhovec , Vrhowec ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. "Verhovec " is used by some 90 people in the United States and small number in Germany.
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Characteristic first names
Danijela Vrhovec,
Stjepan Vrhovec,
Tomislav Vrhovec,
Goran Vrhovec,
Vesna Vrhovec,
Krešimir Vrhovec,
Ivica Vrhovec,
Branko Vrhovec,
Zdenko Vrhovec,
Siniša Vrhovec,
Marijan Vrhovec,
Mladenka Vrhovec,
Franjo Vrhovec,
Ljubica Vrhovec,
Alen Vrhovec,
Sanjica Vrhovec,
Vladimir Vrhovec,
Ivan Vrhovec,
Dražen Vrhovec
