Surname Hinić in modern Croatia

Hinić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Otocac area , whereas often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Otocac area. In places Kozjan and Zalužnica in Otocac area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Hinić.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Hinić live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 560 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 32 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Zaluznica in Otocac area (30), Rijeka (25), Pula (15), and in Zdenci in Orahovica area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), the United States (5), France (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Hinić (including: Hinich , Hinic , Hynick , Hünich , Chinnick , Chinich , Chiniche , Chinick , Hinick and Chinici ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Hinic " is used by some 60 people in Equatorial Guinea , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Hinich " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Israel. "Hinick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Višnja Hinić, Slobodan Hinić, Aleksandar Hinić, Nenad Hinić, Nikola Hinić, Milorad Hinić, Ratko Hinić, Sanja Hinić, Boro Hinić, Mladen Hinić, Marinko Hinić, Natalija Hinić, Aleksandra Hinić, Zoran Hinić, Maja Hinić, Dejan Hinić, Marija Hinić, Duško Hinić, Branka Hinić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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