Surname Košković in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Košković families are Croats (from Hrvatska Kostajnica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sisak.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Košković live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Velika Gorica (25), Sesvete (15), in Zreme (10) and Sunja (<5) in Hrvatska Kostajnica area, and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Košković (including: Koskovic , Koskovich , Koskovics , Koshkovich , Koshakovich , Koskowich , Coskovic and Koskovick ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. "Koskovich " is used by some 400 people in the United States and small number in Saudi Arabia. "Koskowich " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States. "Koskovics " is used by some 100 people in Hungary and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Košković, Božena Košković, Mladen Košković, Valentina Košković, Ivan Košković, Gordana Košković, Jasna Košković, Ivana Košković, Goran Košković, Tomislav Košković, Mira Košković, Zlatko Košković, Jadranka Košković, Ana Košković, Marija Košković, Marica Košković, Neven Košković, Melita Košković, Marina Košković

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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