15th century Demographic history of Kosovo

the ottoman cadastral tax census (defter) of 1455 in branković lands (covering of present-day kosovo) recorded:

480 villages,
13,693 adult males,
12,985 dwellings,
14,087 household heads (480 widows , 13,607 adult males).

yugoslav , serbian scholars have researched defter, concluding that:

13,000 serb dwellings present in 480 villages , towns
75 vlach dwellings in 34 villages
46 albanian dwellings in 23 villages
17 bulgarian dwellings in 10 villages
5 greek dwellings in lauša, vučitrn
1 jewish dwelling in vučitrn
1 croat dwelling

out of names mentioned in census, conducted ottomans in 1455, covering areas of of present-day kosovo, 95.88% of names of serbian origin, 1.90% of roman origin, 1.56% of uncertain origin, 0.26% of albanian origin, 0.25% of greek origin, etc.

1487

the defter of 1487 in branković lands recorded:

vučitrn district:

16,729 christian households (412 in pristina , vučitrn)
117 muslim households (94 in pristina , 83 in rural areas)


ipek (peć) district:

ipek (town)
121 christian households
33 muslim households


suho grlo , metohija:

131 christian households of 52% in suho grlo serbs


donja klina - 50% serbs
deçan - 64% serbs
rural areas:

6,124 christian households (99%)
55 muslim households (1%)

scholarship on kosovo has encompassed ottoman provincial surveys have revealed 15th century ethnic composition of kosovo settlements, both serbian , albanian historians using these records have made of them while proving little.