Surname Chinchella in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Chinchella families are predominantly Italians (from Rijeka ), rarely Croats (also from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Chinchella live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are only located in in one Croatian city and another small place , mostly in Rijeka (<5) and Viskovo in Rijeka area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Chinchella is present in three countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Jerry Chinchella, Marica Chinchella, Jenny Chinchella, Ida Chinchella, Tommy Chinchella, Alvaro Chinchella, Lili Chinchella, Albina Chinchella, Anna Chinchella, Antonio Chinchella, Caterina Chinchella, Egidio Chinchella, Francesco Chinchella, Giovanni Chinchella, Giuseppe Chinchella, Giuseppina Chinchella, Lina Chinchella, Maria Chinchella, Paolo Chinchella

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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