Surname Renka in modern Croatia

Renka families are Croats and they are mostly from Delnice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Delnice area and in Pozega.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Renka live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Ravna Gora in Delnice area (20), Sulkovci (15), Stara Susica in Delnice area (10), Poloje (<10), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Renka (including: Renca , Erencia , Hrenka , Renkha , Herencha , Rennka and Rencka ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Renka " is used by some 70 people in Poland , some 70 people in the United States , and some 60 people in Germany. "Rennka " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Đurđa Renka, Milan Renka, Tijana Renka, Natalija Renka, Dražen Renka, Renata Renka, Marija Renka, Vesna Renka, Ivan Renka, Antonija Renka, Nedeljka Renka, Dalibor Renka, Rudolf Renka, Đurđica Renka, Vladimir Renka, Snježana Renka, Damir Renka, Božica Renka, Slavka Renka

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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