Surname Mužinić in modern Croatia

Mužinić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Split , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb. In Srinjine in Split every seventh inhabitant had the family name Mužinić.

Prevalence

About 400 people with faimily name Mužinić live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 370 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Srinjine (120), Split (85), Zagreb (35), Sveta Nedelja in Samobor area (20), and in Solin (10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Mužinić (including: Muzinic , Muzinich ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Muzinic " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number in Colombia. "Muzinich " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Rada Mužinić, Mladen Mužinić, Filip Mužinić, Vjekoslav Mužinić, Jasmina Mužinić, Ante Mužinić, Nevenka Mužinić, Vanja Mužinić, Đani Mužinić, Matilda Mužinić, Ivo Mužinić, Kruno Mužinić, Jasminka Mužinić, Mirjana Mužinić, Josip Mužinić, Suzi Mužinić, Davor Mužinić, Zoran Mužinić, Srđan Mužinić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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