Surname Godina in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Godina families are generally Croats (from Mursko Sredisce area ), very rarely Italians (from Pula ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Godina live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Veliko Korenovo (<10), Varazdin (<10), Pula (<10), and in Vratisinec in Mursko Sredisce area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Godina (including: Godyna , Godhina ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Godina " is used by some 5000 people in Mexico , about 3000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Marija Godina, Krešimir Godina, Goran Godina, Ivana Godina, Suzana Godina, Ana Godina, Patricia Godina, Mladen Godina, Krunoslav Godina, Tomislav Godina, Ljiljana Godina, Davor Godina, Sandra Godina, Luka Godina, Slava Godina, Štefica Godina, Antun Godina, Dragutin Godina, Mario Godina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1538 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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