Surname Lunić in modern Croatia

Lunić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Drnis area , whereas often Croats (from Split ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis and Split.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Lunić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 7 other places, mostly in Split (20), Ruzic in Drnis area (15), Zagreb (10), Nasice (<5), and in Zmijavci in Imotski area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Lunić (including: Lunic , Lunich , Lunick , Lunycz and Lunych ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Lunic " is used by few people in the United States. "Lunich " is used by some 70 people in Ukraine , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States. "Lunick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vesna Lunić, Nikola Lunić, Marija Lunić, Ana Lunić, Petar Lunić, Paula Lunić, Sveto Lunić, Vida Lunić, Tatjana Lunić, Miloš Lunić, Mirjana Lunić, Željko Lunić, Anita Lunić, Mile Lunić, Anđelka Lunić, Bosiljka Lunić, Vlatka Lunić, Stefan Lunić, Branko Lunić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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