Surname Ferk in modern Croatia

Ferk families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krapina and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Ferk live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Gornja Semnica in Krapina area (50), Zagreb (30), Kutina (10), Novi Golubovec in Lepoglava area (<10), and in Dubrovnik (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ferk (including: Ferch , Fercho , Fercha , Ferck , Ferkh , Fercz , Pherk , Ferc and Ferci ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Ferk " is used by some 200 people in Austria , about 200 in Germany , and some 100 people in the United States. "Ferkh " is used by few people in the United States. "Ferc " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Martina Ferk, Boris Ferk, Andreja Ferk, Ivana Ferk, Matjaž Ferk, Damir Ferk, Ivica Ferk, Robert Ferk, Ana Ferk, Danijel Ferk, Verica Ferk, Ivona Ferk, Krešimir Ferk, Božidar Ferk, Leonhard Ferk, Darja Ferk, Franjo Ferk, Ivan Ferk, Dražen Ferk

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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