Surname Posinković in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Posinković families are almost entirely Croats (from the Island of Hvar ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Hvar and in Split.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Posinković live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties and another small place , mostly in Stari Grad on the Island of Hvar (15), Split (10), Zagreb (<10), Kastel Gomilica (<5), and in Solin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Posinković is present in three countries.

Characteristic first names

Ante Posinković, Renco Posinković, Katarina Posinković, Boni Posinković, Marino Posinković, Tomislava Posinković, Dajna Posinković, Lovre Posinković, Tatjana Posinković, Ranko Posinković, Mladen Posinković, Marta Posinković, Vinka Posinković, Marin Posinković, Božidar Posinković, Marko Posinković, Mate Posinković, Lovro Posinković, Neti Posinković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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