Surname Karković in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Karković families are Croats (from the Island of Hvar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Hvar and in Split.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Karković live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and another small place , mostly in Hvar on the Island of Hvar (35), Zagreb (20), Split (10), Dubrovnik (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Karković (including: Carcovich , Kharkovich , Karkovic , Karkovich , Charkowick and Carkovic ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Karkovic " is used by few people in the United States. "Carkovic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Chile. "Charkowick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nina Karković, Petra Karković, Ratko Karković, Luki Karković, Nikolina Karković, Srđan Karković, Radovan Karković, Toni Karković, Željka Karković, Dinko Karković, Tomislav Karković, Ivana Karković, Matko Karković, Dario Karković, Vanja Karković, Goran Karković, Anita Karković, Marijana Karković, Sanja Karković

Mentions in sources

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

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