Novina families are Croats and they are mostly from Donja Stubica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Donja Stubica area and in Zagreb. In Slani Potok in Donja Stubica area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Novina.
Prevalence
About 120 people with faimily name Novina live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Slani Potok in Donja Stubica area (20), Sesvete (<10), Ivanic-Grad (<10), and in Klostar Ivanic in Ivanic-Grad area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Novina is present in 19 countries on four continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.