Surname Čonkaš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čonkaš families are Croats (from Prelog ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Čonkaš live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Prelog (35), Zagreb (25), Gorican in Cakovec area (<10), Otok (<10), and in Velika Gorica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čonkaš (including: Conkas , Concas and Conchas ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. "Conchas " is used by some 1000 people in Mexico , about 700 in the Philippines , and some 400 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Čonkaš, Daniela Čonkaš, Mislav Čonkaš, Dominik Čonkaš, Ivan Čonkaš, Danijela Čonkaš, Tatjana Čonkaš, Vesna Čonkaš, Zdravko Čonkaš, Josip Čonkaš, Jelena Čonkaš, Biserka Čonkaš, Dragica Čonkaš, Damir Čonkaš, Velimir Čonkaš, Ivana Čonkaš, Zlatko Čonkaš, Hrvoje Čonkaš, Darko Čonkaš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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