Surname Ković in modern Croatia

Ković families are Croats and they are mostly from Knin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Split. In Vidovo Selo in Western Bosnia every fifth inhabitant had the family name Ković.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Ković live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Dugi Rat in Omis area (25), Sibenik (15), Rijeka (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ković (including: Kovic , Covic , Kovich , Kovick , Kowich , Kovych , Kovics , Kowick , Kowicz and Kowic ) is present in 56 countries worldwide. The family name "Kovic " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 300 in Italy , and some 200 people in Australia. "Kovich " is used by some 800 people in the United States , about 100 in Canada , and some 70 people in Russian Federation. "Kowich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Ković, Ante Ković, Enver Ković, Vesna Ković, Domagoj Ković, Zlatko Ković, Albert Ković, Ivana Ković, Veljko Ković, Alen Ković, Karmen Ković, Vladislav Ković, Željko Ković, Zorislav Ković, Davor Ković, Anisa Ković, Ivor Ković, Mirko Ković, Jagoda Ković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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