Surname Zamečnik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zamečnik families are predominantly Croats (from Djakovo area ), rarely Hungarians (from Vinkovci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Vinkovci area.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Zamečnik live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Osijek (25), Laslovo in Osijek area (10), Korog in Vinkovci area (<5), Vinkovci (<5), and in Tisno on the Island of Murter (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zamečnik (including: Zamecnik , Zámecník , Zamecznik and Zamechnik ) is present in 13 countries on three continents. The family name "Zamecnik " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Daniel Zamečnik, Luja Zamečnik, Dragutin Zamečnik, Branimir Zamečnik, Marta Zamečnik, Vedran Zamečnik, Sandra Zamečnik, Ivana Zamečnik, Karel Zamečnik, Tanja Zamečnik, Ana Zamečnik, Tomislav Zamečnik, Domagoj Zamečnik, Daniela Zamečnik, Ivan Zamečnik, Kruno Zamečnik, Dubravka Zamečnik, Ivica Zamečnik, Vjekoslav Zamečnik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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