Surname Bolković in modern Croatia

Bolković families are Croats and they are mostly from Pula area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pula area. In Rakalj in Pula area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Bolković.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Bolković live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Pula (60), Krnica in Pula area (<10), Rovinj (<10), Medulin in Pula area (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (6), Argentina (6), France (3), Germany (2), Sweden (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Bolković (including: Bolkovic , Bolkovich ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Bolkovic " is used by some 100 people in Argentina , about 60 in Canada , and small number of people in the United States. "Bolkovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ester Bolković, Livio Bolković, Alćeo Bolković, Ivica Bolković, Romano Bolković, Silvija Bolković, Sanja Bolković, Antonija Bolković, Doreta Bolković, Maksimilijan Bolković, Dino Bolković, Josip Bolković, Vitomir Bolković, Joli Bolković, Ferucio Bolković, Laura Bolković, Davor Bolković, Žana Bolković, Dean Bolković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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