Surname Pinc in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pinc families are Croats (from Virovitica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Pinc live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Terezino Polje in Virovitica area (<10), Cakovec (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pinc (including: Pinz , Pinch , Pintz , Pynch , Pincz and Pienz ) is present in 47 countries worldwide. The family name "Pinc " is used by some 500 people in Czech Republic , about 200 in the United States , and some 60 people in Brazil. "Pinz " is used by some 600 people in Brazil , about 200 in Germany , and some 200 people in the United States. "Pintz " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Hungary.

Characteristic first names

Mario Pinc, Marija Pinc, Mirko Pinc, Slavojka Pinc, Nikolina Pinc, Vlado Pinc, Blanka Pinc, Robert Pinc, Denis Pinc, Mladen Pinc, Sanja Pinc, Magdalena Pinc, Tin Pinc, Juraj Pinc, Anđela Pinc, Kata Pinc, Ljudevit Pinc, Marije Pinc

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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