Surname Žimbrek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Žimbrek families are Croats (from Lepoglava area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Lepoglava area.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Žimbrek live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Varazdin (15), Beretinec in Varazdin area (<10), Ivanec (<5), and in Bednja in Lepoglava area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žimbrek is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Zimbrek " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tito Žimbrek, Karlo Žimbrek, Valerijan Žimbrek, Jasna Žimbrek, Miljenko Žimbrek, Mirko Žimbrek, Ladislav Žimbrek, Ivana Žimbrek, Slaven Žimbrek, Bruno Žimbrek, Ivica Žimbrek, Vesna Žimbrek, Helena Žimbrek, Saša Žimbrek, Draga Žimbrek, Davorka Žimbrek, Božena Žimbrek, Jadranka Žimbrek, Danica Žimbrek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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