Surname Putnik in modern Croatia

Putnik families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj area and in Sinj. In Ruda in Sinj area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Putnik.

Prevalence

About 400 people with faimily name Putnik live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 33 other places, mostly in Sinj (55), Brnaze (50), Split (40), Zagreb (35), and in Grab in Sinj area (35).

Outside Croatia

Family name Putnik (including: Putnick , Putnic and Putnyk ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Putnik " is used by some 600 people in Russian Federation , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Ukraine. "Putnick " is used by some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirko Putnik, Marina Putnik, Ivica Putnik, Ljiljana Putnik, Tatjana Putnik, Maja Putnik, Danijela Putnik, Melina Putnik, Darko Putnik, Damir Putnik, Željko Putnik, Antun Putnik, Siniša Putnik, Marijan Putnik, Aleksandar Putnik, Drena Putnik, Blaženka Putnik, Sanja Putnik, Blanka Putnik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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