Surname Krka in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Krka families are generally Croats (from Sinj area ), barely Slovenes (also from Sinj area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj area and in Sinj. In Jabuka in Sinj area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Krka.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Krka live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 6 cities and another small place , mostly in Split (15), in Jabuka (10) and Trilj (10) in Sinj area, Sinj (<10), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Krka (including: Krca , Cirka , Cerka , Kerka , Krcha , Krcka , Khrka , Krchma and Kerkha ) is present in 52 countries worldwide. "Kerka " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Czech Republic , and some 90 people in Cameroon. "Krcha " is used by some 80 people in the United States , small number in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Poland. "Krchma " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Silvestar Krka, Tomislav Krka, Ivan Krka, Irena Krka, Mario Krka, Branko Krka, Jakov Krka, Vesna Krka, Dujo Krka, Branka Krka, Danijel Krka, Ivo Krka, Filip Krka, Vinko Krka, Jure Krka, Jasenka Krka, Gordana Krka, Petar Krka, Andrija Krka

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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