In Croatia, Salković families are almost entirely Croats (from the Island of Cres ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Nova Gradiska.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Salković live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Cres on the Island of Cres (15), Zagreb (<10), Moscenice in Opatija area (<10), Perci (<10), and in Pula (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.