Surname Farkas in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Farkas families are Croats (from Split ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Daruvar.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Farkas live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and another small place , mostly in Split (<10), Plano (<5), Zagreb (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Supetar on the Island of Brac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Farkas (including: Farcas , Farkash , Farkass , Farcash and Pharkas ) is present in 82 countries worldwide. The family name "Farkas " is used by some 90000 people in Hungary , about 20000 in the United States , and some 10000 people in Romania. "Farkass " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Hungary , and small number of people in Venezuela. "Farkash " is used by some 2000 people in Israel , about 1000 in Libya , and some 600 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ilona Farkas, Katalin Farkas, Peter Farkas, Noemi Farkas, Bela Farkas, Melinda Farkas, Agnes Farkas, Istvan Farkas, Gyorgy Farkas, Juliu Farkas, Laszlo Farkas, Ljiljana Farkas, Kristian Farkas, Andrea Farkas, Antonio Farkas, Katarina Farkas, Janos Farkas, Ferencz Farkas, Benedek Farkas

Mentions in sources

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

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