Surname Justinić in modern Croatia

Justinić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Krk. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Krk. In Kras on the Island of Krk every fourth inhabitant had the family name Justinić.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Justinić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 17 other places, mostly in Kras on the Island of Krk (30), Rijeka (25), Zagreb (20), and in Omisalj (10) and Malinska (<10) on the Island of Krk.

Outside Croatia

At least 27 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (20), Australia (3), Germany (2), and to Canada (2).
Family name Justinić (including: Justinich , Justinic , Yustinich and Justinick ) is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Justinic " is used by few people in Australia and few people in the United States. "Justinich " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Yustinich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Justinić, Danijel Justinić, Robert Justinić, Emil Justinić, Zvonko Justinić, Milorad Justinić, Ivančica Justinić, Ivan Justinić, Rosana Justinić, Zora Justinić, Jasmina Justinić, Marija Justinić, Marina Justinić, Anton Justinić, Radovan Justinić, Danijela Justinić, Mladen Justinić, Verina Justinić, Dinko Justinić

Mentions in sources

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

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