Surname Kunić in modern Croatia

Kunić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In Presečno in Novi Marof every eighth inhabitant had the family name Kunić.

Prevalence

About 720 people with faimily name Kunić live in Croatia today, in 300 households. There were 790 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 40 cities and 93 other places, mostly in Zagreb (125), Presecno (75), Obrezina (30), Karlovac (30), and in Veliko Korenovo (25).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), Australia (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Kunić (including: Kunic , Kunich , Kunick , Cunic , Cunich , Chunick , Kuniec , Kunnick , Kunichi and Kunitsch ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Kunic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 80 in Canada , and small number of people in Poland. "Kunich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Argentina , and some 50 people in Russian Federation. "Kunick " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and small number of people in Chile.

Characteristic first names

Katica Kunić, Željko Kunić, Zvonko Kunić, Ivanka Kunić, Sanjin Kunić, Krunoslav Kunić, Valentin Kunić, Draško Kunić, Predrag Kunić, Pavao Kunić, Gabriel Kunić, Michael Kunić, Matej Kunić, Andreja Kunić, Josip Kunić, Mladen Kunić, Kristijan Kunić, Branko Kunić, Srećko Kunić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1664 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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