Surname Savković in modern Croatia

Savković families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Benkovac.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Savković live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Tenja (15), Sopot (<10), Osijek (<10), and in Sesvete (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), Austria (2), Australia (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Savković (including: Savkovich , Savkovic , Sawkowicz and Sawkowich ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Savkovic " is used by some 100 people in Germany , about 100 in Cambodia , and small number of people in the United States. "Savkovich " is used by some 70 people in Russian Federation , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Belarus. "Sawkowich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tihomir Savković, Antun Savković, Dorijan Savković, Dušan Savković, Goran Savković, Gordana Savković, Darko Savković, Virna Savković, Dinko Savković, Jasna Savković, Blaženka Savković, Bosiljka Savković, Saša Savković, Željko Savković, Ana Savković, Robert Savković, Sanja Savković, Ante Savković, Mirko Savković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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