Surname Kalinić in modern Croatia

Kalinić families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Solin area. According to some sources they are from Medjimurje (Vidovec), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Solin area. In Veliki Bročanac in Solin area every third inhabitant had the family name Kalinić.

Prevalence

About 830 people with faimily name Kalinić live in Croatia today, in 380 households. There were 830 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 49 cities and 79 other places, mostly in Split (145), Zagreb (100), Solin (80), Veliki Brocanac in Solin area (45), and in Dubrovnik (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), the United States (4), Australia (2), the United Kingdom (2), Canada (1), Switzerland (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Kalinić (including: Kalinich , Kalinic , Kallinich , Kalinics , Kalinych , Kalinici , Kalynich , Kalinick , Kaliniec and Kallinick ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Kalinic " is used by some 80 people in Viet Nam , about 80 in the United States , and some 80 people in Germany. "Kalinich " is used by some 1000 people in Ukraine , about 500 in Russian Federation , and some 200 people in the United States. "Kalinick " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Pavle Kalinić, Ljubica Kalinić, Dubravka Kalinić, Zoran Kalinić, Svemir Kalinić, Dušan Kalinić, Luka Kalinić, Nikola Kalinić, Đurđica Kalinić, Davor Kalinić, Janja Kalinić, Kristina Kalinić, Ivana Kalinić, Marija Kalinić, Ante Kalinić, Darko Kalinić, Đura Kalinić, Branka Kalinić, Jovan Kalinić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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