Surname Frković in modern Croatia

Frković families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Vinodolski. According to some sources they are from Lika. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 430 people with faimily name Frković live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 630 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Rijeka (75), Gospic (35), Crikvenica (30), and in Ledenice (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), the United States (4), Argentina (3), Switzerland (2), Australia (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Frković (including: Frkovic , Frkovich , Ferkovich , Ferkovic , Ferkowicz , Ferkovics and Ferkoviech ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Frkovic " is used by some 60 people in the United States , about 50 in Australia , and small number of people in Canada. "Frkovich " is used by some 80 people in Peru , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Ferkovich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 90 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Belarus.

Characteristic first names

Goranka Frković, Marija Frković, Snježana Frković, Vedran Frković, Igor Frković, Marijan Frković, Alojzije Frković, Aleksandra Frković, Ivan Frković, Drago Frković, Perica Frković, Goran Frković, Nino Frković, Boris Frković, Vesna Frković, Hrvoje Frković, Arsenka Frković, Zoran Frković, Savka Frković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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