Surname Jerko in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Jerko families are Croats (from Dugo Selo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Dugo Selo area. In Prevlaka in Dugo Selo area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Jerko.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Jerko live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Dugo Selo (20), Oborovo in Dugo Selo area (<5), Zagreb (<5), Strmec in Samobor area (<5), and in Ivanic-Grad (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jerko (including: Yerko , Ierko and Jerco ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Jerko " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Yerko " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Katarina Jerko, Vladimir Jerko, Sanja Jerko, Branimir Jerko, Dražen Jerko, Davor Jerko, Stjepan Jerko, Darko Jerko, Vesna Jerko, Neda Jerko, Božidar Jerko, Mirica Jerko, Dalibor Jerko, Ivana Jerko, Boris Jerko, Zenaida Jerko, Juraj Jerko, Ana Jerko, Marija Jerko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1935 in source Faculty of Humanities University of Zagreb Alumni.

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