Surname Markovac in modern Croatia

Markovac families are Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo area and in Slavonski Brod.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Markovac live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Donji Andrijevci in Djakovo area (85), Zagreb (25), Slavonski Brod (10), Sredanci in Djakovo area (<10), and in Katolicke Caire (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (1), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Markovac is present in 8 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Dubravka Markovac, Boris Markovac, Željko Markovac, Vesna Markovac, Vladimir Markovac, Josip Markovac, Mihaela Markovac, Denis Markovac, Zrinoslav Markovac, Darija Markovac, Marijan Markovac, Andrea Markovac, Magdalena Markovac, Mario Markovac, Vlatka Markovac, Marko Markovac, Katarina Markovac, Gavro Markovac, Zvonimir Markovac

Mentions in sources

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

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