Surname Rkman in modern Croatia

Rkman families are often Serbs and they are mostly from Glina area , less frequently Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina area and in Vukovar.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Rkman live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Vukovar (25), Zagreb (<10), in Pecka (<10) and Donja Cemernica (<10) in Glina area, and in Karlovac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rkman (including: Erkman , Erkmann , Hrkman , Herkman and Rchman ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Rkman " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Erkman " is used by some 2000 people in Turkey , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Sweden. "Hrkman " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ilija Rkman, Marija Rkman, Bogdan Rkman, Jasmina Rkman, Nikola Rkman, Seka Rkman, Mile Rkman, Đorđe Rkman, Siniša Rkman, Nenad Rkman, Dalibor Rkman, Dragan Rkman, Petar Rkman, Nevenka Rkman, Predrag Rkman, Božo Rkman, Slavica Rkman, Evica Rkman, Vladimir Rkman

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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