Surname Žarković in modern Croatia

Žarković families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Daruvar area and in Trogir area. In Koreničani in Daruvar area every third inhabitant had the family name Žarković.

Prevalence

About 880 people with faimily name Žarković live in Croatia today, in 400 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 51 cities and 107 other places, mostly in Zagreb (115), Trogir (70), Split (40), Korenicani in Daruvar area (30), and in Krivodol in Imotski area (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (4), Australia (4), Germany (4), Canada (3), Sweden (2), the United States (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Žarković (including: Zarkovich , Zarkovic , Zharkovich and Zarkowich ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Zarkovic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Sweden. "Zarkovich " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Argentina. "Zarkowich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Petar Žarković, Ksenija Žarković, Neven Žarković, Kamelija Žarković, Siniša Žarković, Nenad Žarković, Ivica Žarković, Damir Žarković, Dražen Žarković, Doris Žarković, Slavko Žarković, Slobodanka Žarković, Daria Žarković, Dragica Žarković, Pero Žarković, Đurđica Žarković, Tamara Žarković, Vladimir Žarković, Dubravka Žarković

Mentions in sources

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

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