Novko families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Ludbreg area.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Novko live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 7 other places, mostly in Varazdin (60), Kucan Marof (<10), Jalkovec (<10), Hrastovljan in Ludbreg area (<10), and in Novi Marof (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Novko is present in 7 countries on two continents. The family name "Novko " is used by small number of people in Ukraine and small number in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
