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Surname Prka in modern Croatia
Prka families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotski area and in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area). In Vranjače in Western Bosnia every third inhabitant had the family name Prka.
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Prevalence
About 270 people with faimily name Prka live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Split (45), Zagreb (45), Bjelovar (40), Koprivnica (20), and in Studenci in Imotski area (20).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Prka (including: Perka , Prchala , Prchlá , Prcheta , Perkha , Prchla and Percka ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. "Perka " is used by some 1000 people in Poland , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Czech Republic.
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Characteristic first names
Božo Prka,
Tomislav Prka,
Josip Prka,
Damir Prka,
Matija Prka,
Željko Prka,
Ivan Prka,
Dalibor Prka,
Sarita Prka,
Ante Prka,
Ankica Prka,
Petar Prka,
Marijan Prka,
Mladen Prka,
Ljubo Prka,
Mila Prka,
Renata Prka,
Helena Prka,
Lidija Prka
