Surname Ivanko in modern Croatia

Ivanko families are Croats and they are mostly from Rama (north Herzegovina), Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rama, Bosnia (Prozor area) and in Imotski area. In places Ivanci , Ljubunci and Pajići in Rama (Bosnia) every fifth inhabitant had the family name Ivanko.

Prevalence

About 370 people with faimily name Ivanko live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (70), Pozega (30), Donji Prolozac in Imotski area (30), and in Donja Bistra in Oroslavje area (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ivanko (including: Ivanco , Ivancho , Ivancso , Iwanko , Ivancko , Ivancheko , Iwancio , Ivanchnko and Ivancheno ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. "Ivancko " is used by some 70 people in Brazil and small number in the United States. "Iwanko " is used by some 200 people in Brazil , small number in Poland , and small number of people in the United States. "Ivancso " is used by some 200 people in Hungary and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Ivanko, Milan Ivanko, Nedjeljko Ivanko, Pavo Ivanko, Tamara Ivanko, Silvio Ivanko, Ivo Ivanko, Velimir Ivanko, Ankica Ivanko, Ružica Ivanko, Mijo Ivanko, Zoran Ivanko, Anto Ivanko, Mato Ivanko, Katarina Ivanko, Damir Ivanko, Terezija Ivanko, Marija Ivanko, Ivan Ivanko

Mentions in sources

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

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