Surname Bonković in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bonković families are Croats (from the Island of Hvar ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Hvar and in Split.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Bonković live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Split (35), in Hvar (20) and Gdinj (<10) on the Island of Hvar, Loviste on the Peljesac peninsula (<10), and in Solin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bonković (including: Bonkovic , Bonkovich and Bonkowicz ) is present in 7 countries on four continents. "Bonkovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirjana Bonković, Sava Bonković, Ivo Bonković, Henri Bonković, Milivoj Bonković, Rajko Bonković, Maja Bonković, Gordana Bonković, Ljubomir Bonković, Srećko Bonković, Ines Bonković, Zoran Bonković, Daniela Bonković, Danijela Bonković, Vladimir Bonković, Zlatko Bonković, Jere Bonković, Božana Bonković, Frano Bonković

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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