Surname Kirin in modern Croatia

Kirin families are Croats and they are mostly from Grubisno Polje area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Bjelovar. In Barbarići Kravarski in Velika Gorica area every second inhabitant had the family name Kirin.

Prevalence

About 880 people with faimily name Kirin live in Croatia today, in 370 households. There were 1200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 38 cities and 106 other places, mostly in Zagreb (150), Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (30), Gornji Vidusevac (30), Samobor (25), and in Podravske Sesvete in Djurdjevac area (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Austria (5), the United States (5), Germany (4), Australia (3), Sweden (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Kirin (including: Cirin , Chirin , Khirin , Choirin , Kirrin , Kyrin , Kiriin , Cirrin and Kiirin ) is present in 52 countries worldwide. The family name "Kirin " is used by some 2000 people in Russian Federation , about 400 in Ukraine , and some 400 people in the United States. "Kirrin " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cirrin " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Kirin, Boris Kirin, Snježana Kirin, Slavko Kirin, Marijan Kirin, Srećko Kirin, Davor Kirin, Miroslav Kirin, Dražen Kirin, Dalibor Kirin, Andrej Kirin, Nevenka Kirin, Biljana Kirin, Vladimir Kirin, Mirjana Kirin, Darko Kirin, Stjepan Kirin, Katica Kirin, Olgica Kirin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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