Surname Čorkalo in modern Croatia

Čorkalo families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Murter. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Murter and in Sibenik.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Čorkalo live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and threee other places, mostly in Tisno on the Island of Murter (65), Split (15), Zagreb (10), Sibenik (10), and in Vodice (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čorkalo (including: Corkalo , Chorkalo ) is present in four countries on two continents. "Chorkalo " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Čorkalo, Damir Čorkalo, Ante Čorkalo, Milija Čorkalo, Davor Čorkalo, Anita Čorkalo, Hrvoje Čorkalo, Branko Čorkalo, Jadranka Čorkalo, Sanja Čorkalo, Zvonimir Čorkalo, Ivan Čorkalo, Ivana Čorkalo, Frane Čorkalo, Aleksandra Čorkalo, Toni Čorkalo, Goran Čorkalo, Mirjana Čorkalo, Zdravko Čorkalo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1931 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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