Surname Zinaja in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zinaja families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (from Karlovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Glina.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Zinaja live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 5 other places, mostly in Gornja Trebinja (<10), Zagreb (<10), Karlovac (<10), Pjescanica in Glina area (<10), and in Ravno Rasce (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zinaja is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Zinaja " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Zinaja, Saša Zinaja, Draženka Zinaja, Dušan Zinaja, Ranko Zinaja, Veljko Zinaja, Kristijan Zinaja, Goran Zinaja, Vasilj Zinaja, Darijo Zinaja, Jasmin Zinaja, Petar Zinaja, Dragan Zinaja, Rajko Zinaja, Đurđa Zinaja, Dragana Zinaja, Mile Zinaja, Vladimir Zinaja, Jovan Zinaja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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