Carin families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Samobor.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Carin live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Pavucnjak (20), Sveti Martin Pod Okicem (10), Cakovec (<10), and in Klinca Sela in Jastrebarsko area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.