Surname Sajko in modern Croatia

Sajko families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. According to some sources they are from Semovec near Varazdin or from Kamenicko Podgorje in Ravna Gora. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In Kraljevec Šemnički in Krapina area every second inhabitant had the family name Sajko.

Prevalence

About 530 people with faimily name Sajko live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 450 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 49 other places, mostly in Zagreb (125), Varazdin (70), Novska (20), Zarovnica (20), and in Trnovec in Varazdin area (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sajko (including: Sayko , Saiko , Szajkó , Shayko , Czajko , Szajko , Shaykho , Shajko and Sajco ) is present in 91 countries worldwide. The family name "Sajko " is used by some 1000 people in Poland , about 400 in Slovakia , and some 100 people in the United States. "Szajko " is used by some 200 people in Poland , about 100 in the United States , and some 60 people in Czech Republic. "Shaykho " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tihomir Sajko, Mario Sajko, Krešimir Sajko, Željko Sajko, Tomislav Sajko, Hrvoje Sajko, Livijo Sajko, Krunoslav Sajko, Bojana Sajko, Vesna Sajko, Damir Sajko, Mirjana Sajko, Davor Sajko, Lidija Sajko, Slađana Sajko, Robert Sajko, Nataša Sajko, Dražen Sajko, Stjepan Sajko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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