Novinc families are Croats and they are mostly from Delnice area. According to some sources they are from Slovenia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Pozega.
Prevalence
About 200 people with faimily name Novinc live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Ravna Gora in Delnice area (25), Pozega (20), Rijeka (15), and in Sisak (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Novinc is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Novinc " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Australia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.