Malinarić families are Croats and they are mostly from Porec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Porec. In Benčići in Buzet every second inhabitant had the family name Malinarić.
Prevalence
About 120 people with faimily name Malinarić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Vrsar in Rovinj area (15), Zagreb (10), Fuskulin (10), Porec (10), and in Rijeka (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Argentina (2). Family name Malinarić (including: Malinarich , Malinaric ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Malinaric " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in South Africa , and small number of people in Germany.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.
