Surname Čirke in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čirke families are Croats (from Valpovo ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Virovitica.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Čirke live in Croatia today, in four households only.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Donja Drenova (<5), Zagreb (<5), Velika Gorica (<5), Valpovo (<5), and in Ladimirevci (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čirke (including: Chirke , Circe , Csirke , Cirke , Chirkhe , Tschirpke and Tschierske ) is present in 23 countries on four continents. "Csirke " is used by some 200 people in Hungary , about 70 in Peru , and small number of people in the United States. "Circe " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Canada , and some 100 people in Brazil. "Tschirpke " is used by some 90 people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Čirke, Krunoslav Čirke, Mladen Čirke, Mirko Čirke, Dragica Čirke, Evica Čirke, Romano Čirke, Franjo Čirke, Katarina Čirke, Ana Čirke

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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