Surname Banko in modern Croatia

Banko families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area , rarely Italians (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Porec. In Banki in Porec nearly every inhabitant had the family name Banko.

Prevalence

About 380 people with faimily name Banko live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 42 other places, mostly in Pula (60), Banki (55), Porec (40), Rovinj (30), and in Kanfanar in Rovinj area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (4), Canada (3), Sweden (3), the United States (2), Argentina (1), and to France (1).
Family name Banko (including: Banco , Banchero , Banchio , Bancho , Bhankho , Bhanko , Banchako , Bancso and Bankó ) is present in 83 countries worldwide. The family name "Banko " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Russian Federation , and some 800 people in Poland.

Characteristic first names

Mirjana Banko, Marino Banko, Dean Banko, Darko Banko, Alen Banko, Gordana Banko, Eliđo Banko, Emil Banko, Mladen Banko, Silvia Banko, Liberta Banko, Anton Banko, Danijel Banko, Petar Banko, Martin Banko, Damir Banko, Ivka Banko, Sadeta Banko, Arijano Banko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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