Surname Šinko in modern Croatia

Šinko families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 500 people with faimily name Šinko live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 470 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 65 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), in Beretinec (45) and Sveti Ilija (30) in Varazdin area, Varazdin (25), and in Ivanovac in Osijek area (25).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), Austria (1), France (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Šinko (including: Sinko , Sienko , Shinko , Schinko , Schienko , Shienko , Sinkko , Szinko , Sinkoo and Sincko ) is present in 80 countries worldwide. "Schinko " is used by some 300 people in Austria , about 300 in Germany , and some 50 people in the United States. "Sienko " is used by some 5000 people in Poland , about 1000 in the United States , and some 200 people in Russian Federation. "Sincko " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Božidar Šinko, Goran Šinko, Marjeta Šinko, Daniela Šinko, Tomislav Šinko, Mladen Šinko, Ankica Šinko, Mirjana Šinko, Ivo Šinko, Zvonimir Šinko, Stjepan Šinko, Jasna Šinko, Vladimir Šinko, Nenad Šinko, Alenka Šinko, Olgica Šinko, Marina Šinko, Josip Šinko, Juraj Šinko

Mentions in sources

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

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