Surname Dunat in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Dunat live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and another small place , mostly in Zadar (35), Vodice (20), Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Lukoran on the Island of Ugljan (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (8), the United States (8), Canada (2), and to Spain (1).
Family name Dunat (including: Dunathan , Dhunat , Dunath and Duenat ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. "Duenat " is used by few people in the United States. "Dunathan " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Denis Dunat, Marina Dunat, Anita Dunat, Silvana Dunat, Marijo Dunat, Ivan Dunat, Ada Dunat, Katarina Dunat, Robert Dunat, Bogumil Dunat, Marija Dunat, Ivo Dunat, Vinko Dunat, Krsto Dunat, Marko Dunat, Maja Dunat, Višnja Dunat, Ivica Dunat, Mirjana Dunat

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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