Surname Roška in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Roška families are predominantly Croats (from Novigrad area ), rarely Slovaks (from Zupanja area ), and very rarely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb. In Roškići in Novigrad area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Roška.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Roška live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Varazdin (<10), Zagreb (<5), Pula (<5), Fazana (<5), and in Porec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Roška (including: Roska , Rosca , Roshka , Rossokha , Roscia , Roshika , Roszka , Rossika , Roscka and Roschka ) is present in 65 countries worldwide. The family name "Roska " is used by some 2000 people in the Philippines , about 900 in the United States , and some 800 people in Germany. "Roscka " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Roszka " is used by some 70 people in Poland , about 60 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vlasta Roška, Mario Roška, Elvira Roška, Klaudio Roška, Zdenka Roška, Jurica Roška, Marko Roška, Tomislav Roška, Đurđica Roška, Miljenko Roška, Luka Roška, Slavka Roška, Željko Roška, Marija Roška, Zuska Roška, Viktor Roška, Anna Roška, Petar Roška, Zlata Roška

Mentions in sources

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

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