Surname Linić in modern Croatia

Linić families are Croats and they are mostly from Rijeka area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Rijeka area. In places Podrvanj and Podčudnič in Rijeka area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Linić.

Prevalence

About 340 people with faimily name Linić live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 340 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Rijeka (120), and in Buzdohanj (30), Podrvanj (30), Cavle (25) and Podhum (20) in Rijeka area.

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (1), the United States (1), Canada (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Linić (including: Linic , Linich , Linick , Linnick , Linnic , Linnich , Lynick and Linych ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Linic " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Moldova , and small number of people in Australia. "Linich " is used by some 300 people in Belarus , about 100 in the United States , and some 90 people in Russian Federation. "Linick " is used by some 300 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slavko Linić, Marinko Linić, Anton Linić, Draženko Linić, Goran Linić, Eugen Linić, Radojka Linić, Jasmina Linić, Mirsad Linić, Rosanna Linić, Dejan Linić, Ksenija Linić, Vedran Linić, Nives Linić, Vlasta Linić, Danijela Linić, Arnan Linić, Lino Linić, Berta Linić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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