Surname Visković in modern Croatia

Visković families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Hvar. According to some sources they are from Crveni Grm u Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Bugojno area) and in Split. In Gdinj on the Island of Hvar every third inhabitant had the family name Visković.

Prevalence

About 690 people with faimily name Visković live in Croatia today, in 280 households. There were 790 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 31 cities and 40 other places, mostly in Tucepi in Makarska area (150), Split (100), Zagreb (60), and in Gdinj (55) and Hvar (55) on the Island of Hvar.

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (3), New Zealand (2), the United States (2), Argentina (2), Austria (2), Spain (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Visković (including: Viskovic , Viskovich , Viscovich , Wiscovich , Viscovic and Wishkovich ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Viskovic " is used by some 400 people in Argentina , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Australia. "Viskovich " is used by some 100 people in Australia , about 100 in the United States , and some 50 people in New Zealand. "Viscovic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dominik Visković, Ivo Visković, Ivana Visković, Tonči Visković, Velimir Visković, Nikša Visković, Zlatko Visković, Mladen Visković, Nikola Visković, Neven Visković, Ljerka Visković, Nenad Visković, Romeo Visković, Željko Visković, Stipica Visković, Roni Visković, Frane Visković, Katica Visković, Josipa Visković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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