Surname Klinec in modern Croatia

Klinec families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Klinec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Varazdin (15), Zagreb (15), Orehovica in Cakovec area (10), Cakovec (10), and in Jarmina in Vinkovci area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Klinec is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Klinec " is used by some 100 people in Slovakia , about 50 in Argentina , and small number of people in the United States. "Klinez " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Martina Klinec, Đurđa Klinec, Velimir Klinec, Mirko Klinec, Robertino Klinec, Boris Klinec, Mirjana Klinec, Jadranka Klinec, Tomislav Klinec, Mario Klinec, Ivan Klinec, Blaženka Klinec, Dijana Klinec, Danijel Klinec, Mila Klinec, Djuro Klinec, Branko Klinec, Nikolina Klinec, Mojca Klinec

Mentions in sources

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

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