Surname Prkić in modern Croatia

Prkić families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Sinj area. In Ramljane in Sinj area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Prkić.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Prkić live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Split (125), Ramljane in Sinj area (20), Gradiste in Zupanja area (15), Crivac in Sinj area (15), and in Solin (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Prkić (including: Prkic , Prcic , Perkic , Perkich and Prkich ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Prkic " is used by small number of people in Indonesia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in the Netherlands. "Perkic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Chile , and small number of people in France. "Prcic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Emil Prkić, Marijan Prkić, Ivo Prkić, Renato Prkić, Dario Prkić, Marica Prkić, Josip Prkić, Bruno Prkić, Leila Prkić, Vesna Prkić, Mario Prkić, Antun Prkić, Nataša Prkić, Ante Prkić, Karmela Prkić, Dragan Prkić, Igor Prkić, Jakov Prkić, Mirjana Prkić

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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