Surname Kršinić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kršinić families are Croats (from the Island of Korcule ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and Split.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Kršinić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and another small place , mostly in Lumbarda on the Island of Korcula (20), Zagreb (10), Split (<10), Strmec in Samobor area (<5), and in Dubrovnik (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Canada (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Kršinić (including: Krsinic , Krsinich ) is present in 8 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Nikica Kršinić, Frano Kršinić, Ljerka Kršinić, Irena Kršinić, Vedrana Kršinić, Mato Kršinić, Igor Kršinić, Maja Kršinić, Ana Kršinić, Petar Kršinić, Goran Kršinić, Dinko Kršinić, Ivica Kršinić, Fani Kršinić, Marija Kršinić, Antun Kršinić, Domina Kršinić, Ivančica Kršinić, Biserka Kršinić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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