Surname Đurek in modern Croatia

Đurek families are Croats and they are mostly from Sveti Ivan Zelina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sveti Ivan Zelina. In Jertovec in Zlatar area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Đurek.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Đurek live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Zlatar-Bistrica in Oroslavje area (20), Jertovec in Zlatar area (20), Sibinj in Slavonski Brod area (10), and in Sesvete (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Đurek (including: Durek , Djurek , Gjurek , Durech , Durec , Gyurek , Gyurech , Gjurec , Dureck and Dureci ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. "Gyurek " is used by small number of people in Hungary , small number in Canada , and small number of people in the United States. "Dureck " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Durec " is used by some 600 people in Slovakia , about 100 in Czech Republic , and some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Đurek, Danijel Đurek, Marijan Đurek, Ivan Đurek, Vesna Đurek, Tea Đurek, Željko Đurek, Josip Đurek, Slavko Đurek, Marija Đurek, Stanislav Đurek, Tamara Đurek, Alma Đurek, Dalija Đurek, Krešimir Đurek, Zlata Đurek, Jurica Đurek, Ljubica Đurek, Biserka Đurek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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