Surname Sinković in modern Croatia

Sinković families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Zabok. According to some sources they are from Gusakovca near Gornje Stubice, very rarely Italians from Buja. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zabok. In Prosenik Začretski in Zabok every second inhabitant had the family name Sinković.

Prevalence

About 1200 people with faimily name Sinković live in Croatia today, in 500 households. There were 1300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 43 cities and 145 other places, mostly in Zagreb (270), in Temovec (45) and Radakovo (45) in Zabok area, Prosenik Zacretski (45), and in Prelog (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 26 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (6), Argentina (5), Germany (5), Australia (4), Austria (3), France (2), and to Canada (1).
Family name Sinković (including: Sinkovic , Sinkovich , Sincovich , Sinkovics , Shinkovich , Sinkovicz , Sinkowitsch , Sincovic , Sienkowiec and Sinkowich ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Sinkovic " is used by some 500 people in Slovakia , about 500 in the United States , and some 100 people in Italy. "Sinkovich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 60 in Ukraine , and small number of people in Argentina , small number of people in New Zealand. "Sinkowitsch " is used by small number of people in Chile and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Đorđo Sinković, Karmen Sinković, Danijela Sinković, Vivjana Sinković, Vjekoslav Sinković, Mladen Sinković, Tomislav Sinković, Denis Sinković, Dean Sinković, Franjo Sinković, Jadranko Sinković, Ivica Sinković, Đino Sinković, Doris Sinković, Velimir Sinković, Alka Sinković, Stjepan Sinković, Goran Sinković, Davorin Sinković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1769 in source 18th Century Census.

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