Surname Plačko in modern Croatia

Plačko families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. According to other sources they are Slovaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Prelog area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Plačko live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Kotoriba in Prelog area (25), Zagreb (25), Krizevci (<10), Osijek (<10), and in Varazdin (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (6), Australia (6), Argentina (2), and to Germany (1).
Family name Plačko (including: Placko , Placco , Plachko , Placsko and Plachco ) is present in 19 countries on four continents. The family name "Placko " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 500 in Slovakia , and some 200 people in Czech Republic. "Plachko " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Placco " is used by some 500 people in Brazil , about 100 in Italy , and some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljudevit Plačko, Krunoslav Plačko, Valerija Plačko, Ivan Plačko, Hrvoje Plačko, Ivana Plačko, Ana Plačko, Nikola Plačko, Mladen Plačko, Željko Plačko, Stanislav Plačko, Senka Plačko, Valentina Plačko, Kristijan Plačko, Smiljana Plačko, Nataša Plačko, Jagoda Plačko, Branka Plačko, Marija Plačko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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