Surname Zelenko in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zelenko families are Croats (from Vinkovci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci area and in Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Zelenko live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (10), Zagreb (10), Slavonski Brod (<10), Vukovar (<10), and in Podgradje in Vinkovci area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zelenko (including: Zhelenko , Zelenco and Zelencko ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. "Zhelenko " is used by small number of people in Ukraine , small number in Russian Federation , and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Bogdan Zelenko, Vilim Zelenko, Danijel Zelenko, Zlatko Zelenko, Ivan Zelenko, Miroslav Zelenko, Fedor Zelenko, Sanja Zelenko, Emil Zelenko, Josip Zelenko, Ljerka Zelenko, Rok Zelenko, Vlasta Zelenko, Anđelka Zelenko, Jasmina Zelenko, Ružica Zelenko, Vesna Zelenko, Svjetlana Zelenko, Karlo Zelenko

Mentions in sources

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

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