Surname Sinko in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sinko families are Croats (from Cakovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Sinko live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Sisak (<10), Rijeka (<10), Cakovec (<10), and in Strahoninec in Cakovec area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sinko (including: Sienko , Sinco , Shinko , Sinkko , Szinko , Shienko , Sinkó , Sinkoo and Sincko ) is present in 80 countries worldwide. "Sienko " is used by some 5000 people in Poland , about 1000 in the United States , and some 200 people in Russian Federation. "Sincko " is used by few people in the United States. "Sinkko " is used by some 200 people in Finland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Sinko, Ines Sinko, Dalibor Sinko, Hedviga Sinko, Oskar Sinko, Renata Sinko, Goran Sinko, Tomislav Sinko, Jasna Sinko, Antonio Sinko, Drago Sinko, Jadranka Sinko, Darko Sinko, Smiljana Sinko, Miro Sinko, Katalin Sinko, Josip Sinko, Marijan Sinko, Pavao Sinko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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