Surname Brkljač in modern Croatia

Brkljač families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Knin area , whereas often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Zagreb. In Grmuša in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every second inhabitant had the family name Brkljač.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Brkljač live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Vukovar (15), Gracac in Knin area (<10), Zrnovnica (<10), and in Pozega (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brkljač (including: Brkljac , Brkljach and Brklyach ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. "Brkljach " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Želimir Brkljač, Božidar Brkljač, Marina Brkljač, Saša Brkljač, Predrag Brkljač, Miodrag Brkljač, Branko Brkljač, Milorad Brkljač, Ružica Brkljač, Boško Brkljač, Dubravka Brkljač, Dane Brkljač, Anka Brkljač, Ilija Brkljač, Željko Brkljač, Davor Brkljač, Danijel Brkljač, Blaženka Brkljač, Robert Brkljač

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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