Surname Ivković in modern Croatia

Ivković families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area (Skabrnja). According to some sources they are from Cirkovljani in Medjimurje, Sinj or from Bosne, and rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Zagreb. In Zagoričani in Western Bosnia every fourth inhabitant had the family name Ivković.

Prevalence

About 2200 people with faimily name Ivković live in Croatia today, in 990 households. There were 1900 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 78 cities and 204 other places, mostly in Zagreb (390), Zadar (150), Brnaze (130), Skabrnja in Biograd na moru area (130), and in Split (110).

Outside Croatia

At least 37 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (13), Austria (7), Australia (6), the United States (4), Switzerland (3), Canada (2), France (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Ivković (including: Ivkovic , Ivkovich , Ivkowic and Iwkowicz ) is present in 43 countries worldwide. The family name "Ivkovic " is used by some 200 people in Russian Federation , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Germany. "Ivkovich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Ukraine. "Ivkowic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Frane Ivković, Alan Ivković, Đorđe Ivković, Žarko Ivković, Čedomil Ivković, Ivana Ivković, Zvonimir Ivković, Dragan Ivković, Mirko Ivković, Ratko Ivković, Denis Ivković, Franjo Ivković, Vladimir Ivković, Ana Ivković, Jozo Ivković, Biserka Ivković, Viktorija Ivković, Emanuel Ivković, Mira Ivković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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