Surname Kinder in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kinder families are Croats (from Cazma area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Cazma area. In Drenčec in Zagreb nearly every inhabitant had the family name Kinder.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Kinder live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Sesvete (<10), Dugo Selo (<10), Osijek (<5), Pozega (<5), and in Glavnicica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kinder (including: Khinder , Czinder , Cinder , Chinder , Kynder , Kinderr and Chalinder ) is present in 91 countries worldwide. The family name "Kinder " is used by some 10000 people in the United States , about 3000 in Germany , and some 1000 people in Russian Federation. "Cinder " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Kenya , and small number of people in Brazil. "Czinder " is used by some 200 people in Hungary and about 80 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Kinder, Petar Kinder, Ines Kinder, Dražen Kinder, Valentina Kinder, Miroslav Kinder, Ivica Kinder, John Kinder, Vinko Kinder, Martina Kinder, Ivan Kinder, Mira Kinder, Renata Kinder, Marina Kinder, Zlatko Kinder, Ivana Kinder, Šime Kinder, Robin Kinder, Josip Kinder

Mentions in sources

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

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