In Croatia, Vovko families are Croats by relative majority, equally Slovenes (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Vovko live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Zagreb (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Vovko (including: Vovchko , Vovcko and Vovcheko ) is present in 14 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.