Surname Žužek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Žužek families are Croats by relative majority (from Buje ), rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Buje and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Žužek live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in five Croatian cities only: in Marusici (<5), Pula (<5), Zagreb (<5), Rovinj (<5), and in Poljana Cicka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žužek (including: Zuzek , Zuzeck ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Zuzek " is used by some 800 people in Poland , about 300 in the United States , and some 100 people in Argentina. "Zuzeck " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Adele Žužek, Sanja Žužek, Roberto Žužek, Doris Žužek, Eva Žužek, Alenka Žužek, Bruna Žužek, Nevio Žužek, Angela Žužek, Branko Žužek, Livija Žužek, Svjetlana Žužek, Anja Žužek, Danilo Žužek, Marijan Žužek, Tomislav Žužek, Graziano Žužek, Elena Žužek, Mirko Žužek

Mentions in sources

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

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