Surname Crnković in modern Croatia

Crnković families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Delnice area. According to some sources they are from Lika, very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Rijeka. In Veliko Selce in Delnice area every second inhabitant had the family name Crnković.

Prevalence

About 2200 people with faimily name Crnković live in Croatia today, in 980 households. There were 2300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 84 cities and 218 other places, mostly in Zagreb (460), Rijeka (165), Slavonski Brod (65), Bjelovar (65), and in Karlovac (60).

Outside Croatia

At least 44 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (15), Australia (8), the United States (7), Canada (6), Austria (3), France (2), Argentina (1), Spain (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Crnković (including: Crnkovic , Crnkovich , Cernkovic and Cernkovich ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Crnkovic " is used by some 1000 people in Brazil , about 800 in the United States , and some 400 people in Germany. "Crnkovich " is used by some 600 people in the United States , small number in Argentina , and small number of people in Canada , small number of people in Mexico. "Cernkovic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Luka Crnković, Emil Crnković, Ivan Crnković, Danijel Crnković, Dubravko Crnković, Goran Crnković, Vladimir Crnković, Tomislav Crnković, Dean Crnković, Ljerka Crnković, Zlatko Crnković, Višnja Crnković, Željko Crnković, Zdeslav Crnković, Bojan Crnković, Maja Crnković, Boris Crnković, Rajmund Crnković, Andrija Crnković

Mentions in sources

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

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