Surname Nakir in modern Croatia

Nakir families are Croats and they are mostly from Split. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb. In Slatine in Split every ninth inhabitant had the family name Nakir.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Nakir live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 6 cities and another small place , mostly in Slatine (50), Split (25), Kastel Luksic (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Mravince (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Nakir (including: Nachir , Nacier , Nacir and Naqir ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. "Nacier " is used by some 200 people in Haiti and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Petar Nakir, Marin Nakir, Roko Nakir, Mladen Nakir, Svetislav Nakir, Antonio Nakir, Tina Nakir, Zdenka Nakir, Matko Nakir, Antonijo Nakir, Elenka Nakir, Krunoslav Nakir, Duje Nakir, Marija Nakir, Stipe Nakir, Jure Nakir, Ante Nakir, Nađa Nakir, Tomislav Nakir

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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