Surname Banković in modern Croatia

Banković families are Croats and they are mostly from Labin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Labin area. In Prodin Dol in Jastrebarsko every sixth inhabitant had the family name Banković.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Banković live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Pula (70), Vodnjan in Pula area (25), Zagreb (20), Jursici in Labin area (20), and in Rijeka (15).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Australia (2), and to Canada (2).
Family name Banković (including: Bankovich , Bankovic , Bankovics , Bancovich and Bankowicz ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Bankovic " is used by some 90 people in Germany , about 60 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States. "Bankovich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Belarus , and small number of people in Slovakia. "Bankovics " is used by small number of people in Latvia and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Banković, Robert Banković, Dražen Banković, Vesna Banković, Zdenka Banković, Dragutin Banković, Tihana Banković, Marijan Banković, Diego Banković, Branko Banković, Vladimir Banković, Luiza Banković, Tina Banković, Kristijan Banković, Mauro Banković, Matko Banković, Divna Banković, Darko Banković, Draginja Banković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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