Surname Valenti in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Valenti families are mainly Croats (from Novigrad area ), rarely Italians (from Rovinj area ), and very rarely Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Pula.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Valenti live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Split (15), Valentici in Novigrad area (<5), Vrsar in Rovinj area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Valenti (including: Valenty , Valentie , Valentti , Walenty , Vallenti and Valentii ) is present in 85 countries worldwide. The family name "Valenti " is used by some 30000 people in Italy , about 20000 in the United States , and some 6000 people in Argentina. "Valentie " is used by some 200 people in France , small number in Indonesia , and small number of people in the United States. "Valenty " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 80 in France , and small number of people in Indonesia.

Characteristic first names

Valentina Valenti, Branka Valenti, Đani Valenti, Paolo Valenti, Nino Valenti, Mercedes Valenti, Fabio Valenti, Ezio Valenti, Mariljka Valenti, Darko Valenti, Jakov Valenti, Mariza Valenti, Franko Valenti, Pina Valenti, Celestino Valenti, Duje Valenti, Linda Valenti, Zorka Valenti, Nevija Valenti

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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