Surname Šinkić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šinkić families are Croats (from Vodice area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vodice area and in Sibenik.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Šinkić live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Zadar (<10), Split (<10), Zagreb (<10), Pirovac in Vodice area (<10), and in Karlovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šinkić (including: Sinkic , Sincic , Sincich and Sincick ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. "Sincic " is used by some 200 people in Brazil , about 100 in the United States , and some 60 people in Australia. "Sincich " is used by some 100 people in Argentina , about 90 in the United States , and some 90 people in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Marko Šinkić, Ivana Šinkić, Mirinda Šinkić, Maja Šinkić, Nenad Šinkić, Oljan Šinkić, Marina Šinkić, Nedeljka Šinkić, Zlatka Šinkić, Ankica Šinkić, Zdenka Šinkić, Sanja Šinkić, Nedjeljka Šinkić, Marija Šinkić, Željko Šinkić, Anka Šinkić, Zorana Šinkić, Neda Šinkić, Gorana Šinkić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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