Surname Šarko in modern Croatia

Šarko families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Šarko live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Klenovnik in Ivanec area (35), Zagreb (20), Slatina (20), Dubravec in Ivanec area (<10), and in Koprivnica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šarko (including: Sarko , Sharko , Szarko , Sarkoh , Shmarko , Scharko , Shparko , Shvarko , Shtarko and Sharcko ) is present in 65 countries worldwide. The family name "Sarko " is used by some 700 people in Ghana , about 500 in Syria , and some 500 people in the United States. "Scharko " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Szarko " is used by some 200 people in Poland , about 100 in the United States , and some 70 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Borislav Šarko, Josip Šarko, Milivoj Šarko, Juraj Šarko, Mladen Šarko, Andrija Šarko, Vladimir Šarko, Predrag Šarko, Ivan Šarko, Marija Šarko, Milena Šarko, Miljenko Šarko, Zrinka Šarko, Mario Šarko, Ivana Šarko, Božena Šarko, Nino Šarko, Lidija Šarko, Dragomir Šarko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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