Surname Šteko in modern Croatia

Šteko families are Croats and they are mostly from western Bosnia (Posusje, Tomislavgrad, Vinjani Gornji). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area) and in Imotsko.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Šteko live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Makarska (10), Sesvete (10), Pula (10), and in Zadar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šteko (including: Steko , Stecko , Stecco , Steczo , Steco , Stecho , Stechko and Shteko ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. "Stecko " is used by some 900 people in Poland , about 300 in the United States , and some 100 people in Canada. "Stechko " is used by few people in the United States. "Steco " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branimir Šteko, Božo Šteko, Ivan Šteko, Ante Šteko, Branko Šteko, Zoran Šteko, Jakov Šteko, Božica Šteko, Ilija Šteko, Jozo Šteko, David Šteko, Stanko Šteko, Pavlica Šteko, Ljuba Šteko, Mario Šteko, Kosa Šteko, Sanda Šteko, Ljiljana Šteko, Boženka Šteko

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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