Surname Ivanković in modern Croatia

Ivanković families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. According to some sources they are from Velikog Trgovisca, or Zenica (Bosnia), or Montenegro, rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Herzegovina (Siroki Brijeg area). In places Kočerin and Poklečani in Herzegovina every ninth inhabitant had the family name Ivanković.

Prevalence

About 3600 people with faimily name Ivanković live in Croatia today, in 1500 households. There were 2100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 94 cities and 314 other places, mostly in Zagreb (920), Osijek (150), Slavonski Brod (140), Split (130), and in Sesvete (95).

Outside Croatia

At least 55 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (14), Germany (13), the United States (7), Australia (7), Austria (3), New Zealand (2), the Netherlands (2), Spain (2), Belgium (2), Finland (1), Argentina (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Ivanković (including: Ivankovich , Ivankovic , Ivancovich , Ivanckovich and Iwankowitsch ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Ivankovic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and some 80 people in Canada. "Ivankovich " is used by some 600 people in Russian Federation , about 200 in Belarus , and some 200 people in the United States. "Iwankowitsch " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Ivanković, Branko Ivanković, Ružica Ivanković, Katica Ivanković, Jadranka Ivanković, Igor Ivanković, Ljiljana Ivanković, Božica Ivanković, Tomislav Ivanković, Davor Ivanković, Zdravko Ivanković, Božidar Ivanković, Nada Ivanković, Željko Ivanković, Mijo Ivanković, Darija Ivanković, Josip Ivanković, Kata Ivanković, Tonći Ivanković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1689 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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