In Croatia, Zbožinek families are generally Croats (from Bjelovar area ), very rarely Czechs (also from Bjelovar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar area and in Bjelovar. In Bulinac in Bjelovar area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Zbožinek.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Zbožinek live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only four Croatian places: in Bulinac in Bjelovar area (25), Zagreb (<10), Bjelovar (<5), and in Klimno on the Island of Krk (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Zbožinek is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.