Surname Jehnić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Jehnić families are Croats (from Porec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Porec and Pula. In Jehnići in Porec every fourth inhabitant had the family name Jehnić.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Jehnić live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and 7 other places, mostly in Visnjan (<10) and Strpacici (<10) in Porec area, Pula (<10), Jehnici (<10), and in Porec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jehnić (including: Jehnich , Jehnic and Jehnichen ) is present in 7 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Đani Jehnić, Gracijano Jehnić, Palmira Jehnić, Alen Jehnić, Anka Jehnić, Miro Jehnić, Marina Jehnić, Svetislav Jehnić, Sonja Jehnić, Matija Jehnić, Kristina Jehnić, Dean Jehnić, Livio Jehnić, Rita Jehnić, Luka Jehnić, Teodor Jehnić, Anamaria Jehnić, Irena Jehnić, Mirjana Jehnić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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