Surname Stanko in modern Croatia

Stanko families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 380 people with faimily name Stanko live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 380 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Zagreb (90), Donja Voca in Ivanec area (40), Varazdin (25), Ivanec (25), and in Grana (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Stanko (including: Stanco , Shtanko , Sztanko , Stanchio , Stancho and Stancio ) is present in 58 countries worldwide. The family name "Stanko " is used by some 7000 people in the United States , about 4000 in Poland , and some 3000 people in Ukraine. "Sztanko " is used by some 900 people in Hungary , small number in Korea (South) , and small number of people in the United States. "Stanco " is used by some 3000 people in Italy , about 2000 in the United States , and some 500 people in Poland.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Stanko, Davor Stanko, Zoran Stanko, Krešimir Stanko, Krunoslav Stanko, Darko Stanko, Stanislav Stanko, Miroslav Stanko, Dubravko Stanko, Mladen Stanko, Violeta Stanko, Branko Stanko, Božidar Stanko, Marijan Stanko, Marko Stanko, Kristijan Stanko, Željka Stanko, Vladimir Stanko, Vlado Stanko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1754 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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