Surname Vinšćak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Vinšćak families are Croats (from Jastrebarsko ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko and Samobor.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Vinšćak live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and another small place , mostly in Jastrebarsko (20), Zagreb (<5), Cakovec (<5), Braslovje (<5), and in Velika Gorica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vinšćak is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Tomo Vinšćak, Dražen Vinšćak, Siniša Vinšćak, Milivoj Vinšćak, Anita Vinšćak, Josip Vinšćak, Nikolina Vinšćak, Jadranka Vinšćak, Spomenka Vinšćak, Ivan Vinšćak, Milica Vinšćak, Anica Vinšćak, Nevenka Vinšćak, Tea Vinšćak, Aleks Vinšćak, Nevica Vinšćak, Zdenko Vinšćak, Barica Vinšćak, Dragica Vinšćak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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