Stanin families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Koprivnica. In Biograd in East Herzegovina every fourth inhabitant had the family name Stanin.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Stanin live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (10), Poljana on the Island of Ugljan (10), Zadar (10), Kutnjak in Koprivnica area (<10), and in Carevdar (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Stanin is present in 11 countries on four continents. The family name "Stanin " is used by some 200 people in Russian Federation , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Bulgaria.
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.
