Surname Hrkman in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hrkman families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from Lipik ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Duga Resa area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Hrkman live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Krstinja in Duga Resa area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Petrinja (<5), Lipik (<5), and in Bratina in Jastrebarsko area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hrkman (including: Churchman , Herckman and Herkman ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Hrkman " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Churchman " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 500 in Great Britain , and some 200 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Hrkman, Stana Hrkman, Danica Hrkman, Dragica Hrkman, Mirjana Hrkman, Đuro Hrkman, Ranka Hrkman, Leposava Hrkman, Boris Hrkman, Goran Hrkman, Bogdanka Hrkman, Saša Hrkman, Ljubica Hrkman, Gojko Hrkman, Dragan Hrkman, Miloš Hrkman, Petar Hrkman, Vera Hrkman

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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