Surname Brcko in modern Croatia

Brcko families are Croats and they are mostly from Zapresic area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zapresic area and in Zagreb. In Čemernica Lonjska in Ivanic-Grad area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Brcko.

Prevalence

About 310 people with faimily name Brcko live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Jakovlje in Zapresic area (125), Zagreb (90), in Klostar Ivanic (40) and Cemernica Lonjska (35) in Ivanic-Grad area, and in Ivanic-Grad (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brcko (including: Bercero , Bercko and Bercho ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. "Bercero " is used by some 2000 people in the Philippines , about 100 in Spain , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Brcko, Jasna Brcko, Ljiljana Brcko, Mirjana Brcko, Slavica Brcko, Ivana Brcko, Gabriela Brcko, Ivanka Brcko, Marijana Brcko, Goran Brcko, Mladen Brcko, Željko Brcko, Jasminka Brcko, Blaženka Brcko, Miroslav Brcko, Mario Brcko, Kristina Brcko, Anamarija Brcko, Krešimir Brcko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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