Surname Ričko in modern Croatia

Ričko families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. According to some sources they are from Ukrajine. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar area and in Zagreb. In places Pece and Krapinica in Zlatar area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Ričko.

Prevalence

About 270 people with faimily name Ričko live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Pece in Zlatar area (60), Zagreb (55), Strmec in Samobor area (20), Krapinica in Zlatar area (15), and in Gornji Kraljevec in Novi Marof area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ričko (including: Ricco , Riccio , Richko , Ricchio , Ricko , Rycko , Riccheo , Riczko , Richenko and Richcho ) is present in 82 countries worldwide. The family name "Ricko " is used by some 700 people in Indonesia , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Mexico. "Richko " is used by some 200 people in Uzbekistan , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Ukraine. "Riczko " is used by small number of people in Ukraine , small number in Hungary , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anica Ričko, Slavko Ričko, Anita Ričko, Josip Ričko, Katica Ričko, Zdravko Ričko, Valerija Ričko, Sanjica Ričko, Stjepan Ričko, Milan Ričko, Ivana Ričko, Željko Ričko, Darko Ričko, Srećko Ričko, Predrag Ričko, Josipa Ričko, Danijel Ričko, Damir Ričko, Tomislav Ričko

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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