Surname Brenko in modern Croatia

Brenko families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pazin area. In places Orič and Sveta Katarina in Pazin area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Brenko.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Brenko live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Pula (60), Oric in Pazin area (35), Zagreb (30), Rijeka (<10), and in Sveti Petar u Sumi in Pazin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brenko (including: Brencio , Berenko , Brenco , Brenchio and Brencko ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. "Brenco " is used by some 60 people in Italy and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davor Brenko, Igor Brenko, Mauricio Brenko, Suzana Brenko, Aida Brenko, Elena Brenko, Oriano Brenko, Edvin Brenko, Diana Brenko, Lilijana Brenko, Marina Brenko, Leticija Brenko, Gordana Brenko, Leon Brenko, Sanja Brenko, Damir Brenko, Dragan Brenko, Tatjana Brenko, Nina Brenko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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