Surname Medaković in modern Croatia

Medaković families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Slunj area , whereas often Croats (iz Herzegovina, Dalmatiaarea Vinkovaca). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Hrvatska Kostajnica area. In Švrakarica in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every third inhabitant had the family name Medaković.

Prevalence

About 340 people with faimily name Medaković live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 570 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 38 cities and 45 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (30), Daruvar (25), Sisak (20), and in Kovacic (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Switzerland (3), Australia (3), the United States (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Medaković (including: Medakovic , Medakovich ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. The family name "Medakovic " is used by some 80 people in Canada , some 80 people in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Medakovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Saša Medaković, Perica Medaković, Davorin Medaković, Stevo Medaković, Ljubomir Medaković, Dragan Medaković, Sandra Medaković, Sanja Medaković, Marina Medaković, Miroslav Medaković, Vedran Medaković, Željko Medaković, Duško Medaković, Branislav Medaković, Ljerka Medaković, Gojko Medaković, Darko Medaković, Stjepan Medaković, Katica Medaković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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