Surname Purković in modern Croatia

Purković families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , also Bosniaks (from Serbia ) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Tesanj area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanska Gradiska area).

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Purković live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Bjelovar (15), Zagreb (15), Rijeka (10), Stara Ploscica in Bjelovar area (<10), and in Sibenik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Purković (including: Purkovic , Purkovich ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. The family name "Purkovic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Australia. "Purkovich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Purković, Andrija Purković, Dijana Purković, Pejo Purković, Mato Purković, Anita Purković, Mira Purković, Jasmina Purković, Sead Purković, Sandra Purković, Samka Purković, Boro Purković, Đurđa Purković, Samir Purković, Svjetlana Purković, Ljubica Purković, Vanja Purković, Davor Purković, Nada Purković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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