In Croatia, Čurek families are Croats (from Ivanic-Grad area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Jastrebarsko area.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Čurek live in Croatia today, in four households only. They are located in only two Croatian places: in Velika Gorica (<10) and Bukevje in Ivanic-Grad area (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.