Surname Vinko in modern Croatia

Vinko families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Mursko Sredisce area.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Vinko live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Selnica (30) and Sveti Martin na Muri (20) in Mursko Sredisce area, Mursko Sredisce (15), Pula (<10), and in Brezovec in Mursko Sredisce area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: France (5), Switzerland (2), Australia (2), Germany (1), the United States (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Vinko (including: Vinco , Vienko , Vincio , Vincho , Winko , Vienco , Wincko , Winco and Winczo ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. "Winko " is used by some 50 people in Poland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Wincko " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Winco " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davor Vinko, Branko Vinko, Zdravko Vinko, Mladen Vinko, Stjepan Vinko, Vladimir Vinko, Dejan Vinko, Renata Vinko, Daniel Vinko, Damir Vinko, Marija Vinko, Srećko Vinko, Ivan Vinko, Josip Vinko, Suzana Vinko, Karolina Vinko, Ana Vinko, Tatjana Vinko, Vera Vinko

Mentions in sources

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

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