Surname Kinkela in modern Croatia

Kinkela families are Croats and they are mostly from Opatija. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Opatija. In places Zvoneće and Rukavac in Opatija area every third inhabitant had the family name Kinkela.

Prevalence

About 350 people with faimily name Kinkela live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 590 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Opatija (50), Rijeka (50), and in Matulji (45), Jurdani (45) and Rukavac (20) in Opatija area.

Outside Croatia

At least 23 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (14), Canada (4), Australia (2), Switzerland (1), Chile (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Kinkela (including: Kinkella , Chinchela , Kinchela , Kincella , Kinchella and Chinchella ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Kinkela " is used by some 30000 people in Democratic Republic of Congo , about 2000 in Angola , and some 200 people in the United States. "Kinkella " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Kinchela " is used by small number of people in Australia , small number in the United States , and small number in South Africa.

Characteristic first names

Dragan Kinkela, Gordan Kinkela, Irena Kinkela, Miloš Kinkela, Dario Kinkela, Sandra Kinkela, Jasna Kinkela, Eva Kinkela, Damir Kinkela, Ilonka Kinkela, Arsen Kinkela, Milutin Kinkela, Suzana Kinkela, Zorko Kinkela, Zoran Kinkela, Mario Kinkela, Zdenko Kinkela, Dino Kinkela, Renato Kinkela

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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