Surname Čunko in modern Croatia

Čunko families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko area and in Zagreb. In Čunkova Draga in Jastrebarsko area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Čunko.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Čunko live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Cunkova Draga in Jastrebarsko area (25), Jastrebarsko (25), Karlovac (20), and in Rijeka (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čunko (including: Cunko , Chunko , Chuenko , Chuncho , Tschunko , Chunco , Chunkoo and Cuncio ) is present in 24 countries on four continents. The family name "Cunko " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Chunko " is used by some 300 people in the United States and small number in Russian Federation. "Chunkoo " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Milan Čunko, Ružica Čunko, Slavko Čunko, Božidar Čunko, Branko Čunko, Branka Čunko, Hrvoje Čunko, Boris Čunko, Morana Čunko, Antonija Čunko, Domagoj Čunko, Ivanka Čunko, Tatjana Čunko, Stjepan Čunko, Krešimir Čunko, Tomislav Čunko, Nikola Čunko, Darko Čunko, Robert Čunko

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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