Surname Plazina in modern Croatia

Plazina families are Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac area and in Benkovac.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Plazina live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zadar (25), Lisane Ostrovicke in Benkovac area (20), Zagreb (10), Benkovac (<5), and in Petrcane (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Plazina is present in four countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Dinko Plazina, Grgo Plazina, Dijana Plazina, Radojka Plazina, Hrvoje Plazina, Nikola Plazina, Dinka Plazina, Ante Plazina, Milka Plazina, Mario Plazina, Saša Plazina, Mile Plazina, Mirko Plazina, Branimir Plazina, Rudolf Plazina, Tatjana Plazina, Željko Plazina, Josip Plazina, Nikolina Plazina

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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