Surname Žanko in modern Croatia

Žanko families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and Split.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Žanko live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Obrovac Sinjski (85), Sinj (50), Split (40), Zagreb (35), and in Slavonski Brod (15).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (5), Germany (1), and to Belgium (1).
Family name Žanko (including: Zanko , Zanco , Zhdanko , Zhvanko , Zhanko , Zhbanko and Zancho ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. "Zanco " is used by some 3000 people in Brazil , about 1000 in Italy , and some 200 people in the United States. "Zancho " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Denmark.

Characteristic first names

Dražan Žanko, Nada Žanko, Želimir Žanko, Jasna Žanko, Nela Žanko, Vanja Žanko, Višnja Žanko, Goran Žanko, Tonka Žanko, Ivan Žanko, Boris Žanko, Gordana Žanko, Pavao Žanko, Leo Žanko, Davor Žanko, Dragica Žanko, Đino Žanko, Saša Žanko, Božidar Žanko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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