Surname Šinkovec in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šinkovec families are generally Croats (from the Island of Pag ), very rarely Slovenes (from Varazdin ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Šinkovec live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (<10), Samobor (<5), Rijeka (<5), Karlovac (<5), and in Dinjiska on the Island of Pag (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šinkovec (including: Sinkovec , Sincovec and Scinkovec ) is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Sinkovec " is used by some 80 people in the United States. "Scinkovec " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Sincovec " is used by small number of people in Turkey and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Boris Šinkovec, Gordana Šinkovec, Igor Šinkovec, Urša Šinkovec, Dušan Šinkovec, Biserka Šinkovec, Janez Šinkovec, Matjaž Šinkovec, Bojan Šinkovec, Ljerka Šinkovec, Ivan Šinkovec, Lidija Šinkovec, Davor Šinkovec, Sabina Šinkovec, Zlata Šinkovec, Ana Šinkovec, Vera Šinkovec, Miljenko Šinkovec, Stane Šinkovec

Mentions in sources

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

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