Surname Karin in modern Croatia

Karin families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotsko and in Imotski area. In Grubine in Imotski area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Karin.

Prevalence

About 330 people with faimily name Karin live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Grubine in Imotski area (175), Zagreb (35), Split (25), Osijek (15), and in Imotski (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Karin (including: Kharin , Karien , Karrin , Kharien , Khariin , Karrien , Karinn , Karhin and Kariin ) is present in 98 countries worldwide. "Karrin " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Sweden. "Charrin " is used by some 600 people in France , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Belgium. "Carrien " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Krunoslav Karin, Damir Karin, Ivan Karin, Momir Karin, Jurica Karin, Luka Karin, Roman Karin, Domagoj Karin, Ante Karin, Nedjeljko Karin, Stjepan Karin, Anka Karin, Mirko Karin, Tanja Karin, Zdravka Karin, Nada Karin, Jerko Karin, Tomislav Karin, Iskra Karin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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