Surname Stojnić in modern Croatia

Stojnić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Porec , also Serbs, very rarely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Porec and Pula. In Vabriga in Porec every fourth inhabitant had the family name Stojnić.

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Stojnić live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Tar (35), Porec (25), Zagreb (20), Rijeka (20), and in Vabriga (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 18 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (11), the United States (2), France (2), Germany (2), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Stojnić (including: Stojnic , Stoinich , Stoynich , Sztajnic and Stojnich ) is present in 26 countries on four continents. The family name "Stojnic " is used by some 60 people in Germany , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Pero Stojnić, Sergio Stojnić, Nivio Stojnić, Anton Stojnić, Ivan Stojnić, Fredi Stojnić, Paolo Stojnić, Saša Stojnić, Mario Stojnić, Petar Stojnić, Alesandro Stojnić, Višnja Stojnić, Miodrag Stojnić, Roberto Stojnić, Paulo Stojnić, Sanja Stojnić, Nadija Stojnić, Đanfranko Stojnić, Laura Stojnić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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