Surname Zelinka in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zelinka families are Croats (from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and in Cazma area.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Zelinka live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Ivanic-Grad (<10), Kundjevac in Vrbovec area (<5), and in Pakostane in Biograd na moru area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zelinka (including: Zelinca , Zelienka ) is present in 12 countries on two continents. The family name "Zelinka " is used by some 2000 people in Czech Republic , about 600 in the United States , and some 200 people in Slovakia. "Zelienka " is used by small number of people in Slovakia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic.

Characteristic first names

Tibor Zelinka, Željko Zelinka, Karmela Zelinka, Josip Zelinka, Katja Zelinka, Franjo Zelinka, Katica Zelinka, Ana Zelinka, Milka Zelinka, Marica Zelinka, Zora Zelinka, Valentina Zelinka, Greta Zelinka, Vilim Zelinka, Bara Zelinka, Janez Zelinka, Marko Zelinka, Martina Zelinka, Olga Zelinka

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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