Surname Mrkonjić in modern Croatia

Mrkonjić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area , barely Serbs and Bosniaks (iz Tuzla Region, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Tuzla Region, Bosnia (Tuzla area).

Prevalence

About 1000 people with faimily name Mrkonjić live in Croatia today, in 410 households. There were 380 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 41 cities and 89 other places, mostly in Zagreb (160), Zmijavci in Imotski area (110), Split (85), Babina Greda in Zupanja area (70), and in Osijek (60).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mrkonjić (including: Mrkonjic , Mrkonjich and Mrkonyich ) is present in 21 countries on four continents. The family name "Mrkonjic " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 100 in Canada , and some 70 people in the United States. "Mrkonjich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anđelko Mrkonjić, Ivan Mrkonjić, Mate Mrkonjić, Mato Mrkonjić, Petar Mrkonjić, Marko Mrkonjić, Zvonimir Mrkonjić, Nenad Mrkonjić, Bojana Mrkonjić, Nikola Mrkonjić, Ivica Mrkonjić, Ivana Mrkonjić, Milena Mrkonjić, Dražen Mrkonjić, Marina Mrkonjić, Katarina Mrkonjić, Nada Mrkonjić, Darko Mrkonjić, Grga Mrkonjić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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