Surname Žirković in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Žirković families are Croats (from Petrinja area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and in Petrinja area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Žirković live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 5 other places, mostly in Lekenik in Petrinja area (<10), Staro Pracno (<10), Tisina Erdedska in Sisak area (<10), Varazdin (<5), and in Novi Farkasic (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žirković (including: Zirkovic , Zirkovich and Zhirkovich ) is present in 6 countries on two continents. The family name "Zirkovic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Žirković, Željka Žirković, Marijo Žirković, Zlatko Žirković, Tomislav Žirković, Ivana Žirković, Anita Žirković, Milan Žirković, Veronika Žirković, Ivan Žirković, Kristina Žirković, Branka Žirković, Stjepan Žirković, Marija Žirković, Tomo Žirković, Anica Žirković, Kata Žirković, Bara Žirković, Jana Žirković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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