Surname Arki in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Arki families are Croats (from Krizevci ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krizevci and Karlovac. In Erdovec in Krizevci every tenth inhabitant had the family name Arki.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Arki live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only five Croatian places: in Erdovec (20), Srednji Dubovec (<10), Karlovac (<10), Potok Kalnicki in Varazdinske Toplice area (<5), and in Farkasevac in Cazma area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Arki (including: Archi , Archie , Arci , Arky , Arkhi , Arkie , Arcie , Archii and Aarki ) is present in 107 countries worldwide. "Arkie " is used by some 100 people in Indonesia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Brazil. "Arky " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Taiwan , and small number of people in Ghana. "Arcie " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Valent Arki, Ivica Arki, Božidar Arki, Marijan Arki, Darko Arki, Stjepan Arki, Franjo Arki, Vesna Arki, Dubravko Arki, Martina Arki, Igor Arki, Branka Arki, Biserka Arki, Draga Arki, Marica Arki, Ivan Arki, Ivka Arki, Marija Arki, Katica Arki

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1932 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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