Jona is a dominantly male name, but sometimes female name, in Croatia exclusively Croatian. It is one of the relatively common names (among the top two thousand) in Croatia, with over a hundred namesakes living there.
The name Jona was the most popular from years 2011 to 2013, when about 37% of the persons bearing this name were born. The peak year was 2013. It was the least popular from years 1961 to 1995.
Prevalence
Name Jona is present mainly in North-West Croatia, and scarcely in Northen Adriatic. Most of the persons named Jona live in the following cities and municipalities: Zagreb (less than twenty), Rijeka (less than ten), Osijek (less than ten).
Name Jona around the globe
See the countries where name Jona is common, frequency and prevalence at mondonomo.ai
Mentions in sources
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1946 in source Cadastre National de l’Istrie.
