Surname Borkovec in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Borkovec live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Petrinja (<10) and Sisak (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Borkovec (including: Borkovetz , Borkowetz ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. The family name "Borkovec " is used by some 600 people in Czech Republic , about 300 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Borkovetz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Borkovec, Doris Borkovec, Boris Borkovec, Ljiljana Borkovec, Juraj Borkovec, Stanislav Borkovec, Ljerka Borkovec, Gabrijel Borkovec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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