Surname Volk in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Volk families are predominantly Croats (from Karlovac ), rarely Slovenes (from Banja Luka Region (Bosnia) ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area).

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Volk live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Rijeka (<10), Osijek (<10), Karlovac (<10), and in Sisak (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Volk (including: Wolk , Volck , Volc , Volchko , Volcho , Volkh , Volcha , Volch and Volchi ) is present in 88 countries worldwide. The family name "Volk " is used by some 60000 people in Russian Federation , about 20000 in Germany , and some 20000 people in the United States. "Volchko " is used by some 300 people in the United States and about 100 in Ukraine. "Wolk " is used by some 5000 people in the United States , about 4000 in Germany , and some 900 people in Poland.

Characteristic first names

Jože Volk, Vlasta Volk, Krunoslav Volk, Jakov Volk, Mario Volk, Mojca Volk, Danijela Volk, Damir Volk, Vesna Volk, Tijana Volk, Walter Volk, Marko Volk, Melita Volk, Draženka Volk, Martin Volk, Božidar Volk, Ankica Volk, Dražen Volk, Slavko Volk

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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