Surname Mašinović in modern Croatia

Mašinović families can be both Croats (the family name originates from Cazinska Krajina Region , Bosnia) and Bosniaks (from western Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Velika Kladusa area) and in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area). In Crvarevac in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every second inhabitant had the family name Mašinović.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Mašinović live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Sisak (40), Rijeka (25), Pula (15), and in Karlovac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mašinović (including: Masinovic , Masinovich ) is present in 14 countries on three continents. The family name "Masinovic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Emin Mašinović, Refik Mašinović, Zlatko Mašinović, Slavica Mašinović, Latif Mašinović, Smail Mašinović, Rifet Mašinović, Darija Mašinović, Snežana Mašinović, Elvir Mašinović, Sejad Mašinović, Samira Mašinović, Enisa Mašinović, Hasan Mašinović, Ivanka Mašinović, Abid Mašinović, Admir Mašinović, Mira Mašinović, Ibrahim Mašinović

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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