Surname Marđetko in modern Croatia

Marđetko families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Marđetko live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Gorican in Cakovec area (65), Zagreb (55), Kotoriba in Prelog area (40), Prelog (20), and in Beli Manastir (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Marđetko (including: Mardjetko , Mardetko , Margjetko , Margetko and Margyetko ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Mardjetko " is used by small number of people in Australia and small number of people in the United States. "Margetko " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vitomir Marđetko, Ignacije Marđetko, Denis Marđetko, Ivica Marđetko, Dejan Marđetko, Željka Marđetko, Ivan Marđetko, Branka Marđetko, Vjekoslav Marđetko, Stana Marđetko, Davor Marđetko, Stjepan Marđetko, Gordana Marđetko, Anita Marđetko, Elena Marđetko, Tomislav Marđetko, Vesna Marđetko, Damir Marđetko, Bojan Marđetko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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