Surname Čepek in modern Croatia

Čepek families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area , where they immigrated according to some sources from Czechia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar and Zagreb. In Vižanovec in Zlatar every fifth inhabitant had the family name Čepek.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Čepek live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Vizanovec (20), Dolci (<10), Strmec in Samobor area (<10), and in Jertovec in Zlatar area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čepek (including: Cepek , Czepek , Cepec , Chepek , Chepeck , Cepeck , Chepech and Chepec ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Cepek " is used by some 800 people in Czech Republic , about 500 in the United States , and some 100 people in Indonesia. "Chepek " is used by few people in Russian Federation and few people in the United States. "Chepeck " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marijo Čepek, Elvis Čepek, Marta Čepek, Željko Čepek, Vladimir Čepek, Mirko Čepek, Stjepan Čepek, Pamela Čepek, Darko Čepek, Zvonko Čepek, Gabrijela Čepek, Tomislav Čepek, Perica Čepek, Valentina Čepek, Ivan Čepek, Vesna Čepek, Ana Čepek, Nikolina Čepek, Damir Čepek

Mentions in sources

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.

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