Surname Đurđek in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Đurđek live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), in Vidovec (30) and Turcin (25) in Varazdin area, Cakovec (20), and in Varazdin (15).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1).
Family name Đurđek (including: Djurdjek , Gjurgjek , Durdek , Gjurdjek and Duerdeck ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. "Durdek " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in France. "Duerdeck " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vesna Đurđek, Kristijan Đurđek, Mladen Đurđek, Denis Đurđek, Ivor Đurđek, Vladimir Đurđek, Robert Đurđek, Damir Đurđek, Petar Đurđek, Franjo Đurđek, Blaženka Đurđek, Štefica Đurđek, Ivana Đurđek, Vilim Đurđek, Marijan Đurđek, Saša Đurđek, Darko Đurđek, Milica Đurđek, Vjekoslav Đurđek

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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