Surname Šinković in modern Croatia

Šinković families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Split. In Željezno Žumberačko in Ozalj area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Šinković.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Šinković live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Split (20), Zeljezno Zumberacko in Ozalj area (20), Zagreb (15), Omis (15), and in Starjak (15).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Canada (1).
Family name Šinković (including: Sinkovic , Sinkovich , Shinkovich , Sincovich , Sinkovics , Sinkovicz , Sinkowitsch , Sincovic , Sienkowiec and Sinkowich ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Sinkovic " is used by some 500 people in Slovakia , about 500 in the United States , and some 100 people in Italy. "Sinkovich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 60 in Ukraine , and small number of people in Argentina , small number of people in New Zealand. "Sinkowitsch " is used by small number of people in Chile and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Šinković, Zoran Šinković, Mate Šinković, Damir Šinković, Danijela Šinković, Janko Šinković, Tomo Šinković, Marija Šinković, Alen Šinković, Vanessa Šinković, Natalia Šinković, Štefica Šinković, Mirko Šinković, Božo Šinković, Mijo Šinković, Mara Šinković, Dragica Šinković, Petar Šinković, Milica Šinković

Mentions in sources

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

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