Surname Arković in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Arković families are generally Croats (from the Island of Brac ), very rarely Poles (also from the Island of Brac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Brac.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Arković live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 120 percent.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Sumartin on the Island of Brac (30), Split (<5), Milna on the Island of Brac (<5), Komiza on the Island of Vis (<5), and in Selca on the Island of Brac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Arković (including: Arkovic , Arkovich and Harkovich ) is present in 6 countries on two continents. "Arkovich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Harkovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Petar Arković, Jasna Arković, Mihaela Arković, Ivana Arković, Zoran Arković, Srđana Arković, Tomislav Arković, Sanja Arković, Andresita Arković, Nenad Arković, Jure Arković, Ante Arković, Barbara Arković, Darko Arković, Nikola Arković, Dražen Arković, Gordana Arković, Perica Arković, Kristina Arković

Mentions in sources

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

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