Surname Salamunić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Salamunić families are Croats (from the Island of Hvar ). 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 Salamunić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Jelsa on the Island of Hvar (30), Split (10), Zagreb (10), Petrcane (<5), and in Gvozd in Glina area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Salamunić is present in three countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Salamunić, Gordana Salamunić, Ilza Salamunić, Miki Salamunić, Dominik Salamunić, Marino Salamunić, Tonči Salamunić, Nikola Salamunić, Vilma Salamunić, Vlasta Salamunić, Jurko Salamunić, Smiljana Salamunić, Dorotea Salamunić, Ivana Salamunić, Željko Salamunić, Prosper Salamunić, Dijana Salamunić, Ivica Salamunić, Sara Salamunić

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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