Vurnek families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Lepoglava area.
Prevalence
About 130 people with faimily name Vurnek live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), in Bedekovcina (15) and Zidovinjak (15) in Lepoglava area, Krizevci (10), and in Velika Ludina in Cazma area (<10).
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.