Surname Čonka in modern Croatia

Čonka families are Croats and they are mostly from Slavonski Brod. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and Pozega.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Čonka live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (15), Ivanovac in Osijek area (<10), Alaginci (<10), Ernestinovo in Osijek area (<10), and in Donji Pustakovec in Prelog area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čonka (including: Concha , Conka , Chonka , Conca , Csonka , Cionca , Cionka , Concka , Cheronka and Chyonka ) is present in 78 countries worldwide. "Chonka " is used by some 800 people in Ukraine , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Russian Federation. "Csonka " is used by some 4000 people in Hungary , about 400 in the United States , and some 300 people in Germany. "Cionka " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Čonka, Zlatko Čonka, Miroslav Čonka, Tereza Čonka, Đuro Čonka, Mladen Čonka, Dubravko Čonka, Mirta Čonka, Željka Čonka, Eva Čonka, Mirjana Čonka, Barica Čonka, Katica Čonka, Vladimir Čonka, Daria Čonka, Blaženka Čonka, Dražen Čonka, Ljerka Čonka, Morena Čonka

Mentions in sources

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

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