Surname Budinić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Budinić families are Croats (from the Island of Losinj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Losinj and in Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Budinić live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Veli Losinj on the Island of Losinj (20), Ilovik in Rijeka area (<10), Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<10), Novalja on the Island of Pag (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least 40 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (33), Chile (6), and to Germany (1).
Family name Budinić (including: Budinich , Budinic and Budinick ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Budinic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Budinich " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Chile , and some 90 people in Peru. "Budinick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Budinić, Mario Budinić, Olivera Budinić, Šime Budinić, Kornelije Budinić, Ana Budinić, Arsenio Budinić, Klaudija Budinić, Zorka Budinić, Laura Budinić, Maks Budinić, Marino Budinić, Marica Budinić, Petar Budinić, Anka Budinić, Oliviero Budinić, Nada Budinić, Nikola Budinić, Anton Budinić

Mentions in sources

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

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