Surname Velnić in modern Croatia

Velnić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Krk. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Velnić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Rijeka (20), Zagreb (20), and in Krk (10), Baska (10) and Draga Bascanska (<10) on the Island of Krk.

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (3), the United States (1), the United Kingdom (1), Belgium (1), and to the Netherlands (1).
Family name Velnić (including: Velnic , Velnichuk , Welnick , Velnicher , Velnich and Welnic ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. "Velnich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Welnick " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Željko Velnić, Josip Velnić, Zvjezdana Velnić, Davor Velnić, Janko Velnić, Marijana Velnić, Marijan Velnić, Vladimir Velnić, Sanja Velnić, Krešimir Velnić, Ksenija Velnić, Alen Velnić, Ljiljana Velnić, Ivona Velnić, Anton Velnić, Tea Velnić, Dražen Velnić, Jordanka Velnić, Jasna Velnić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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