Surname Berkec in modern Croatia

Berkec families are Croats and they are mostly from Slatina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slatina area and in Slatina.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Berkec live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 5 other places, mostly in Slatina (20), Donji Meljani (<10), Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (<10), Osijek (<5), and in Vaska in Slatina area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Berkec (including: Berköz , Berchez , Berkecz , Berkez and Berkech ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Berkec " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Silvija Berkec, Jadranka Berkec, Dalibor Berkec, Sanja Berkec, Ivan Berkec, Marijan Berkec, Milan Berkec, Zdravko Berkec, Margareta Berkec, Mario Berkec, Izabela Berkec, Zlatko Berkec, Dragan Berkec, Josip Berkec, Kristijan Berkec, Marija Berkec, Vlado Berkec, Dražen Berkec, Ivanka Berkec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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