Surname Šteković in modern Croatia

Šteković families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Petrinja , whereas often Croats (from Ivanec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Petrinja. In Grabovac Banski in Petrinja every third inhabitant had the family name Šteković.

Prevalence

About 320 people with faimily name Šteković live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 490 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 40 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Bjelovar (15), Beli Manastir (15), Gornja Voca in Ivanec area (10), and in Jabukovac (10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), Australia (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Šteković (including: Stekovic , Stekovich , Steckowich , Stecovich , Stecovic , Stekovics , Steckovic and Stekowicz ) is present in 17 countries on four continents. The family name "Stekovic " is used by some 100 people in Argentina , about 60 in Australia , and small number of people in the United States. "Stekovich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Steckowich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Šteković, Veljko Šteković, Zoran Šteković, Goran Šteković, Katarina Šteković, Milivoj Šteković, Marija Šteković, Radoslav Šteković, Dražen Šteković, Aleksandar Šteković, Ljubica Šteković, Dejan Šteković, Anja Šteković, Sandra Šteković, Žarko Šteković, Ranko Šteković, Davor Šteković, Kristian Šteković, Luka Šteković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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