Surname Berka in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Berka families are generally Croats (from Osijek area ), rarely Czechs (from Daruvar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and in Daruvar area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Berka live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and another small place , mostly in Split (<10), Bjelovar (<5), Laslovo in Osijek area (<5), Badljevina (<5), and in Rovinj (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Berka (including: Berca , Bercha , Bercia , Berkah , Bercka , Beerka , Beerkka , Berkha and Berqa ) is present in 56 countries worldwide. "Bercsa " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Berchia " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Berka, Drago Berka, Lara Berka, Petr Berka, Ladislav Berka, Dubravka Berka, Mirjana Berka, Dragica Berka, Jadranka Berka, Vlado Berka, Valentina Berka, Franjo Berka, Marija Berka, Ivan Berka, Elizabeta Berka, Terezija Berka, Vaclav Berka, Stoja Berka, Katica Berka

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1925 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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