Surname Brckan in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Brckan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Gornjaki in Novi Marof area (15), Zagreb (10), Karlovac (10), Koprivnica (<10), and in Breznicki Hum in Novi Marof area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brckan (including: Bercian , Berchan , Berchman , Berchyan , Berckhan , Berczan and Berckan ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. "Berckan " is used by few people in the United States. "Berckhan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Berchan " is used by some 200 people in Lebanon , small number in Morocco , and small number of people in Brazil , small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tihomir Brckan, Slavko Brckan, Krešimir Brckan, Dragica Brckan, Ines Brckan, Franjo Brckan, Ivan Brckan, Božo Brckan, Siniša Brckan, Milan Brckan, Stjepan Brckan, Marijana Brckan, Mirna Brckan, Ivana Brckan, Jasmina Brckan, Miljenko Brckan, Željko Brckan, Damir Brckan, Mirela Brckan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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