Surname Zonjić in modern Croatia

Zonjić families are Croats and they are mostly from Opuzen. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and Opuzen. In Hotonj in Middle Bosnia every second inhabitant had the family name Zonjić.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Zonjić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located and 6 other Croatian places, mostly in Opuzen (55), Zagreb (45), Omis (<5), Split (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zonjić (including: Zonjic , Zonyic ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Zonjic " is used by small number of people in Argentina and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Zonjić, Oliver Zonjić, Nenad Zonjić, Goran Zonjić, Sandra Zonjić, Zoran Zonjić, Ivanka Zonjić, Zrinka Zonjić, Ana Zonjić, Šime Zonjić, Augustin Zonjić, Mate Zonjić, Kristina Zonjić, Frano Zonjić, Sven Zonjić, Anka Zonjić, Vinka Zonjić, Ivica Zonjić, Tihomira Zonjić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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