Surname Brković in modern Croatia

Brković families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Drnis area , less frequently Bosniaks (from east Herzegovina) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Drnis area. In Mekavci in East Herzegovina nearly every inhabitant had the family name Brković.

Prevalence

About 810 people with faimily name Brković live in Croatia today, in 330 households. There were 500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 48 cities and 93 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (125), Zagreb (75), Banjevci in Benkovac area (60), Split (50), and in Zadar (50).

Outside Croatia

At least 16 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), the United States (3), Australia (3), and to Canada (2).
Family name Brković (including: Brkovic , Berkovic , Berkovich , Berkowicz , Brkovich , Berkowitsch , Berkovicz , Brckovich , Brkowicz and Brckovic ) is present in 52 countries worldwide. The family name "Brkovic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Austria. "Brkovich " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Brckovich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ethem Brković, Ivana Brković, Irma Brković, Amir Brković, Tomislav Brković, Domagoj Brković, Ivo Brković, Milko Brković, Šemsudin Brković, Mislav Brković, Boris Brković, Mijo Brković, Senad Brković, Goran Brković, Željka Brković, Ana Brković, Ferida Brković, Zorka Brković, Romana Brković

Mentions in sources

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

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