Surname Brkić in modern Croatia

Brkić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Obrovac , rarely Serbs and Bosniaks (from Bosnian Posavina ). According to some sources the family name originates from Dicma. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek. In Kruševo in Obrovac every tenth inhabitant had the family name Brkić.

Prevalence

About 5200 people with faimily name Brkić live in Croatia today, in 2200 households. There were 3100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 105 cities and 457 other places, mostly in Zagreb (1285), Zadar (240), Osijek (205), Split (140), and in Vinkovci (135).

Outside Croatia

At least 72 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (24), the United States (11), Austria (9), Switzerland (8), Australia (7), Canada (5), Sweden (4), the United Kingdom (2), France (1), and to Norway (1).
Family name Brkić (including: Brkic , Brcic , Brkich , Berkich , Brcich , Brkitsch , Berkic and Berkitsch ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Brkic " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 800 in the United States , and some 500 people in Australia. "Brkich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Canada , and small number of people in Australia. "Berkich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Brkić, Zdravko Brkić, Milan Brkić, Blago Brkić, Zvonko Brkić, Veselko Brkić, Srećko Brkić, Alojz Brkić, Denis Brkić, Karmen Brkić, Snježana Brkić, Branka Brkić, Damir Brkić, Miljenko Brkić, Josip Brkić, Branko Brkić, Križana Brkić, Marijan Brkić, Igor Brkić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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