In Croatia, Ivin families are almost entirely Croats (from the Island of Ugljan ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Ivin live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Zadar (15), Lukoran on the Island of Ugljan (<10), Biograd na moru (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Ivin (including: Yvin , Hivin , Iwin , Hiwin and Ivyn ) is present in 42 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.