Surname Orišković in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Orišković families are generally Croats (from Pozega area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega area and in Orahovica area. In Vilić Selo in Pozega area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Orišković.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Orišković live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 100 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Vetovo in Orahovica area (20), Vilic Selo in Pozega area (15), Selnica Scitarjevska (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Kutina (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Orišković (including: Oriskovic , Oriskovich and Orishkovich ) is present in four countries on two continents. "Oriskovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mara Orišković, Josip Orišković, Marijan Orišković, Igor Orišković, Marica Orišković, Slavica Orišković, Dragana Orišković, Ivan Orišković, Rada Orišković, Dragan Orišković, Dražen Orišković, Dalibor Orišković, Lidija Orišković, Nikica Orišković, Kristijan Orišković, Mate Orišković, Slavko Orišković, Marija Orišković, Antun Orišković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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