Markovinović families are Croats and they are mostly from Obrovac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Bjelovar. In places Gornji Lapac and Boričevac in Obrovac area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Markovinović.
Prevalence
About 400 people with faimily name Markovinović live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 420 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 44 other places, mostly in Zagreb (135), Bjelovar (45), Slavonski Brod (25), Osijek (10), and in Koprivnica (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Markovinović is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Markovinovic " is used by some 90 people in Peru , about 60 in Canada , and small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1842 in source Catholic Church Parish Records 1842.