Surname Putinja in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Putinja live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 7 other places, mostly in Gracisce in Pazin area (45), Pula (10), Pazin (10), Medulin in Pula area (<10), and in Umag (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Putinja (including: Putigna , Putinia ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. "Putinia " is used by few people in the United States. "Putigna " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Valter Putinja, Srećko Putinja, Ornela Putinja, Mira Putinja, Gracijela Putinja, Milena Putinja, Vedran Putinja, Igor Putinja, Antun Putinja, Ivan Putinja, Emina Putinja, Denis Putinja, Željko Putinja, Karin Putinja, Adriano Putinja, Boris Putinja, Gabrijela Putinja, Onorina Putinja, Marko Putinja

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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