Surname Rodinis in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Rodinis families are generally Croats (from the Island of Cres ), very rarely Italians (also from the Island of Cres ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Cres and in Rijeka. In Lubenice on the Island of Cres every third inhabitant had the family name Rodinis.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Rodinis live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 100 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 8 cities, mostly in Cres on the Island of Cres (15), Zagreb (<10), Rovinj (<10), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rodinis is present in 10 countries worldwide. The family name "Rodinis " is used by some 100 people in South Africa , small number in Italy , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dag Rodinis, Davor Rodinis, Edvard Rodinis, Sanja Rodinis, Nataša Rodinis, Marica Rodinis, Emilio Rodinis, Loreta Rodinis, Neven Rodinis, Martina Rodinis, Andrej Rodinis, Miroslav Rodinis, Andreana Rodinis, Josip Rodinis, Anton Rodinis, Anđelo Rodinis, Dinko Rodinis, Ivanka Rodinis, Livio Rodinis

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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