Surname Drk in modern Croatia

Drk families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area (Podturen, Sivica). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Mursko Sredisce area.

Prevalence

About 240 people with faimily name Drk live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 33 other places, mostly in Cakovec (25), Belica in Cakovec area (20), Podturen in Mursko Sredisce area (20), Zagreb (10), and in Miklavec in Mursko Sredisce area (10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), Australia (1), the United States (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Drk (including: Derk , Derck , Drchal and Drc ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. "Derk " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 100 in Algeria , and some 100 people in Germany. "Derck " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Belgium , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Dragutin Drk, Nenad Drk, Smiljana Drk, Predrag Drk, Darko Drk, Zlatko Drk, Alen Drk, Nedeljko Drk, Ruža Drk, Mario Drk, Mladen Drk, Sanela Drk, Jadranka Drk, Dražen Drk, Tomislav Drk, Velibor Drk, Nikola Drk, Stjepan Drk, Branimir Drk

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1664 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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