Surname Šalina in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Šalina live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located and threee other Croatian places, mostly in Podgradina in Zadar area (80), Zadar (20), Islam Latinski in Zadar area (<5), Cres on the Island of Cres (<5), and in Podgradina in Opuzen area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šalina (including: Salina , Shalina , Salinah , Sahlina , Salhina , Sallina , Schalina , Salinha , Saalina and Salinaa ) is present in 78 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Josip Šalina, Marica Šalina, Silvana Šalina, Marko Šalina, Joso Šalina, Sonja Šalina, Zdravka Šalina, Bariša Šalina, Hrvoje Šalina, Nada Šalina, Danica Šalina, Smiljana Šalina, Marijo Šalina, Katarina Šalina, Antonija Šalina, Jure Šalina, Zdenko Šalina, Tomislav Šalina, Stana Šalina

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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