Surname Šterk in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šterk families are generally Croats (from Zagreb ), very rarely Czechs (also from Zagreb ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Novi Marof area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Šterk live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (25), Karlovac (<10), Sisak (<5), Slavonski Brod (<5), and in Petrinja (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šterk (including: Sterk , Sterck , Shterk , Sterkh , Stärk , Störk , Stercz , Sterch , Szterk and Sterc ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. The family name "Sterk " is used by some 7000 people in the Netherlands , about 4000 in Germany , and some 3000 people in the United States. "Shterk " is used by some 60 people in Russian Federation , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Ukraine. "Sterck " is used by some 400 people in Belgium , about 100 in the United States , and some 90 people in France.

Characteristic first names

Bojan Šterk, Andreja Šterk, Bruna Šterk, Slavko Šterk, Đuro Šterk, Damir Šterk, Vladimir Šterk, Davor Šterk, Tatjana Šterk, Iva Šterk, Tamara Šterk, Vanda Šterk, Mladen Šterk, Melita Šterk, Marjan Šterk, Jasminka Šterk, Vesela Šterk, Ankica Šterk, Mirna Šterk

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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