Surname Zemanek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zemanek families are Croats (from Pozega area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega area and in Pozega.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Zemanek live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Brestovac in Pozega area (<10), Rijeka (<5), Matulji in Opatija area (<5), Delnice (<5), and in Kuceli in Opatija area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zemanek (including: Zemánek , Zemanec and Zemaneck ) is present in 17 countries on four continents. The family name "Zemanek " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 400 in Poland , and some 300 people in Czech Republic. "Zemaneck " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Zemánek " is used by some 3000 people in Czech Republic , about 2000 in Poland , and some 1000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Alen Zemanek, Tihomir Zemanek, Branka Zemanek, Ivica Zemanek, Nada Zemanek, Srećko Zemanek, Rozalija Zemanek, Irena Zemanek, Katarina Zemanek, Stjepan Zemanek, Irma Zemanek, Ludvik Zemanek, Tomislav Zemanek, Mihael Zemanek, Melani Zemanek, Božena Zemanek, Danica Zemanek, Josip Zemanek, Ladislav Zemanek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1937 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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