Surname Vitko in modern Croatia

Vitko families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and in Slovenia. In Samoborski Otok in Samobor every sixth inhabitant had the family name Vitko.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Vitko live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and 14 other places, mostly in Samobor (75), Farkasevec Samoborski (20), Samoborski Otok (15), Zapresic (<10), and in Braslovje (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vitko (including: Witko , Wytko , Whitco , Wittko , Vitco , Witcho , Witchko , Whitko and Vytko ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. "Vitco " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Witko " is used by some 600 people in Poland , about 400 in the United States , and some 60 people in Canada. "Wittko " is used by some 60 people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Kristina Vitko, Renato Vitko, Danijela Vitko, Miroslav Vitko, Stjepan Vitko, Antonio Vitko, Ivan Vitko, Marina Vitko, Ante Vitko, Juraj Vitko, Božo Vitko, Jagoda Vitko, Tomislav Vitko, Josip Vitko, Nenad Vitko, Željko Vitko, Zdenka Vitko, Nevenka Vitko, Ivana Vitko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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