Surname Črnko in modern Croatia

Črnko families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Velika Gorica , rarely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Velika Gorica.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Črnko live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Busevec (40), Zagreb (20), Brezovica (15), Velika Gorica (10), and in Cickovina in Ludbreg area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Črnko (including: Crnko , Chrnko , Tschernko , Csrnko , Cernko , Tschrnko and Chernko ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Crnko " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Argentina , and small number of people in Canada. "Chrnko " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Tschrnko " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Črnko, Nenad Črnko, Josip Črnko, Željka Črnko, Dragutin Črnko, Dubravko Črnko, Snježana Črnko, Ana Črnko, Jadranko Črnko, Zvjezdana Črnko, Ivica Črnko, Sandra Črnko, Zlatko Črnko, Antonijo Črnko, Miljenko Črnko, Sanjica Črnko, Dražen Črnko, Ivana Črnko, Lovro Črnko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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