Surname Rinkovec in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Rinkovec live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Krapina (<10), Kuzminec in Krapina area (<10), Varazdin (<10), and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rinkovec is present in three countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Roman Rinkovec, Mirjana Rinkovec, Anita Rinkovec, Donald Rinkovec, Željko Rinkovec, Gabrica Rinkovec, Robert Rinkovec, Biserka Rinkovec, Vladimir Rinkovec, Neda Rinkovec, Ronald Rinkovec, Petra Rinkovec, Darijo Rinkovec, Zdenko Rinkovec, Ivan Rinkovec, Đurđica Rinkovec, Sanja Rinkovec, Ljiljana Rinkovec, Matea Rinkovec

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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