Surname Berković in modern Croatia

Berković families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Velika Gorica.

Prevalence

About 290 people with faimily name Berković live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 420 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 32 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Vela Luka on the Island of Korcula (45), Velika Gorica (15), Rijeka (15), and in Dalj in Vinkovci area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Austria (2).
Family name Berković (including: Berkovic , Berkovich , Berkowicz , Berkowitsch , Berkovics , Berkovicz , Berkowich , Berckovich , Berkovitsch and Berkowic ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. The family name "Berkovic " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Israel. "Berkovich " is used by some 2000 people in Russian Federation , about 1000 in Israel , and some 700 people in the United States. "Berkovicz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dragana Berković, Zvonimir Berković, Svjetlan Berković, Katarina Berković, Antun Berković, Zoran Berković, Jelena Berković, Ivan Berković, Željko Berković, Branko Berković, Lidija Berković, Stjepan Berković, Anamarija Berković, Zorica Berković, Mladen Berković, Vladimir Berković, Vedran Berković, Aleksandar Berković, Zoltan Berković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1672 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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