Surname Metković in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Metković families are Croats (from Dubrovnik area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Dubrovnik area. In Molunat in Dubrovnik area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Metković.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Metković live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are only located in in one Croatian city and 6 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (15), in Molunat (10), Plocice (<10) and Mikulici (<5) in Dubrovnik area, and in Mokosica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Metković (including: Metkovich , Metkovic ) is present in four countries on two continents. "Metkovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Đuro Metković, Nikša Metković, Jozo Metković, Helena Metković, Anka Metković, Nikolina Metković, Marija Metković, Nevenka Metković, Vicko Metković, Baldo Metković, Božo Metković, Ivo Metković, Monika Metković, Marinka Metković, Barbara Metković, Sanja Metković, Pero Metković, Stijepo Metković, Kristo Metković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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