Surname Markov in modern Croatia

Markov families are usually Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Murter , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Sibenik. In Mali Guber in Western Bosnia every third inhabitant had the family name Markov.

Prevalence

About 490 people with faimily name Markov live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 510 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 43 other places, mostly in Murter on the Island of Murter (85), Zagreb (85), Kastel Sucurac (40), Split (25), and in Novo Virje in Djurdjevac area (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), Switzerland (5), the United States (2), and to Germany (2).
Family name Markov (including: Markow , Marchukov , Marcov , Marchkov , Marchikov , Marckov , Markhov , Maerkov and Markovv ) is present in 77 countries worldwide. "Markow " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 900 in Germany , and some 700 people in Poland.

Characteristic first names

Željko Markov, Bojan Markov, Ante Markov, Aleksandar Markov, Boris Markov, Ksenija Markov, Igor Markov, Darko Markov, Ivo Markov, Branimir Markov, Marina Markov, Estera Markov, Simonida Markov, Andrija Markov, Vladimir Markov, Rino Markov, Liljana Markov, Tomislav Markov, Joško Markov

Mentions in sources

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

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