Surname Zenko in modern Croatia

Zenko families are Croats and they are mostly from Nasice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Nasice area.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Zenko live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Adamovec (20), Rijeka (<10), Nasice (<10), and in Kasina (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zenko (including: Zhenko , Zeenko and Zenco ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Zenko " is used by some 2000 people in Belarus , about 800 in Russian Federation , and some 300 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Zenko, Juraj Zenko, Nives Zenko, Ivan Zenko, Božica Zenko, Sanda Zenko, Krešimir Zenko, Josip Zenko, Dražen Zenko, Katija Zenko, Igor Zenko, Tereza Zenko, Višnja Zenko, Sanja Zenko, Nino Zenko, Mladen Zenko, Željko Zenko, Andrej Zenko, Ivančica Zenko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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