Surname Dorkin in modern Croatia

Dorkin families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Ugljan. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and on the Island of Ugljan.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Dorkin live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located and two other Croatian places, mostly in Preko on the Island of Ugljan (65), Zadar (35), Rijeka (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Vukovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Switzerland (1).
Family name Dorkin (including: Dorcin , Dorchain , Dorchin and Dorkhin ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. "Dorcin " is used by some 3000 people in Haiti , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Vlatko Dorkin, Mladen Dorkin, Anica Dorkin, Marjan Dorkin, Ivo Dorkin, Kažimir Dorkin, Nina Dorkin, Valentina Dorkin, David Dorkin, Lucija Dorkin, Darko Dorkin, Dragica Dorkin, Zvonimir Dorkin, Pavao Dorkin, Julijan Dorkin, Davor Dorkin, Vesna Dorkin, Zlatko Dorkin, Milivoj Dorkin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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