Surname Mrkobrada in modern Croatia

Mrkobrada families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Glina area , whereas often Croats (from Sisak ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina area and in Sisak. In Crevarska Strana in Glina area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Mrkobrada.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Mrkobrada live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Dvor in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (15), Sisak (<10), Vukovar (<5), and in Glina (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mrkobrada is present in five countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Gordana Mrkobrada, Marko Mrkobrada, Mirjana Mrkobrada, Žarko Mrkobrada, Stanislav Mrkobrada, Miloš Mrkobrada, Suzana Mrkobrada, Adam Mrkobrada, Danica Mrkobrada, Puniša Mrkobrada, Aleksandar Mrkobrada, Daniel Mrkobrada, Nada Mrkobrada, Ana Mrkobrada, Kristijan Mrkobrada, Zlatko Mrkobrada, Josip Mrkobrada, Ankica Mrkobrada, Mile Mrkobrada

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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