Surname Čaklec in modern Croatia

Čaklec families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Čaklec live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Staznjevec (25), Ivanec (15), Zagreb (<10), Koskovec in Ivanec area (<10), and in Lancic (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čaklec is present in two countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Čaklec, Alen Čaklec, Marija Čaklec, Antonio Čaklec, Josip Čaklec, Karolina Čaklec, Dražen Čaklec, Arsen Čaklec, Vilibald Čaklec, Ivan Čaklec, Nenad Čaklec, Dalibor Čaklec, Juraj Čaklec, Božidar Čaklec, Anica Čaklec, Andrija Čaklec, Zdenka Čaklec, Dragutin Čaklec, Nadica Čaklec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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