Surname Grkinić in modern Croatia

Grkinić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Nova Gradiska area , whereas often Croats (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Nova Gradiska area. In Ramljane in Knin area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Grkinić.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Grkinić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Rijeka (15), Ramljane in Knin area (15), Zagreb (15), Daruvar (10), and in Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Grkinić (including: Grkinic , Grkinich ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. The family name "Grkinic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Grkinich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tamara Grkinić, Ivica Grkinić, Mile Grkinić, Kristijan Grkinić, Branka Grkinić, Vasilija Grkinić, Božo Grkinić, Milica Grkinić, Boris Grkinić, Nikica Grkinić, Aleksandar Grkinić, Dušan Grkinić, Jovan Grkinić, Goran Grkinić, Marija Grkinić, Maja Grkinić, Branko Grkinić, Miloš Grkinić, Jovo Grkinić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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