Surname Sunara in modern Croatia

Sunara families are Croats and they are mostly from Drnis area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis area and in Split. In places Cera and Nevest in Drnis area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Sunara.

Prevalence

About 360 people with faimily name Sunara live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Split (210), Zagreb (30), Sibenik (25), Kastel Sucurac (15), and in Trogir (10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Sunara (including: Shunnarah , Shunnara , Sunhara , Sunnara and Sunarah ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Sunara " is used by some 1000 people in Indonesia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Shunnara " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Shunnarah " is used by some 400 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Sunara, Ivan Sunara, Snježana Sunara, Aida Sunara, Elvira Sunara, Ante Sunara, Zdenka Sunara, Darko Sunara, Nives Sunara, Ivica Sunara, Zlatko Sunara, Smiljana Sunara, Mladenka Sunara, Marija Sunara, Ivana Sunara, Jadranka Sunara, Slavica Sunara, Martina Sunara, Ana Sunara

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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