Surname Marinović in modern Croatia

Marinović families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula. According to some sources they are from Boke Kotorske (Perast), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Benkovac. In Korita in Sinj area every second inhabitant had the family name Marinović.

Prevalence

About 3600 people with faimily name Marinović live in Croatia today, in 1400 households. There were 2500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 78 cities and 265 other places, mostly in Zagreb (395), Split (295), Zadar (220), Otok in Sinj area (155), and in Policnik in Zadar area (130).

Outside Croatia

At least 53 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (22), Australia (13), the United States (5), Canada (3), Switzerland (3), Argentina (2), France (2), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Marinović (including: Marinovic , Marinovich , Marinovici , Marynovych , Marynowich and Marynovich ) is present in 52 countries worldwide. "Marinovich " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 300 in Argentina , and some 200 people in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Marinović, Višnja Marinović, Marin Marinović, Filip Marinović, Luka Marinović, Mladen Marinović, Nenad Marinović, Marina Marinović, Đuro Marinović, Branka Marinović, Saša Marinović, Marijana Marinović, Ranko Marinović, Darko Marinović, Anka Marinović, Pave Marinović, Dragan Marinović, Mateo Marinović, Veronika Marinović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over seventy times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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