Ježina families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Murter. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and on the Island of Murter. In Tisno on the Island of Murter every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Ježina.
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Ježina live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Murter on the Island of Murter (115), Zagreb (10), Zadar (<10), Split (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States. Family name Ježina (including: Jezina , Jezyna ) is present in 6 countries on two continents. The family name "Jezina " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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.
