Surname Zenčić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zenčić families are Croats (from the Island of Hvar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Hvar.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Zenčić live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Jelsa on the Island of Hvar (15), Makarska (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Poljica (<5) and Hvar (<5) on the Island of Hvar.

Outside Croatia

Family name Zenčić (including: Zencic , Zencich ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Zencic " is used by small number of people in New Zealand , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Niki Zenčić, Ina Zenčić, Josip Zenčić, Miroslava Zenčić, Zoran Zenčić, Helena Zenčić, Karmen Zenčić, Stjepko Zenčić, Damir Zenčić, Nataša Zenčić, Sjajna Zenčić, Mate Zenčić, Anita Zenčić, Dinko Zenčić, Jelka Zenčić, Antonio Zenčić, Nikola Zenčić, Lucija Zenčić, Stjepan Zenčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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