Surname Zelenković in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zelenković families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (from Dubrovnik ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Middle Bosnia (Tesanj area). In Pobrđani in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Zelenković.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Zelenković live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and four other places, mostly in Tenja (10), Zagreb (10), Dubrovnik (<10), Kutina (<10), and in Umag (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zelenković (including: Zelenkovic , Zelenkovich ) is present in 13 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Darko Zelenković, Drago Zelenković, Edina Zelenković, Siniša Zelenković, Višnja Zelenković, Nenad Zelenković, Angelina Zelenković, Željko Zelenković, Srđan Zelenković, Velibor Zelenković, Petar Zelenković, Simo Zelenković, Jasminka Zelenković, Andreja Zelenković, Dalibor Zelenković, Mirela Zelenković, Jasmina Zelenković, Branko Zelenković, Slađan Zelenković

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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