Surname Arko in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Arko families are almost entirely Croats (from Cabar ), barely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Arko 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 only located in in 8 Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Koprivnica (<10), Rijeka (<10), Samobor (<5), and in Dugo Selo (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Arko (including: Arco , Arkoh , Harko , Arkko , Harkoo , Harkko , Arcio , Archo and Arkho ) is present in 83 countries worldwide. The family name "Arko " is used by some 9000 people in Ghana , about 8000 in Bangladesh , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Arcio " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Archo " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Milan Arko, Jure Arko, Blanka Arko, Vladimir Arko, Ksenija Arko, Vera Arko, Danilo Arko, Danijel Arko, Manda Arko, Ljiljana Arko, Anton Arko, Darja Arko, Sanjin Arko, Jože Arko, Andrea Arko, Jasna Arko, Svjetlana Arko, Kristina Arko, Ivan Arko

Mentions in sources

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

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