Surname Šunić in modern Croatia

Šunić families are Croats and they are mostly from Zupanja area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and in Zupanja area. In Rodaljice in Benkovac every seventh inhabitant had the family name Šunić.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Šunić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Slavonski Samac in Zupanja area (30), Benkovac (20), Osijek (15), and in Rijeka (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šunić (including: Sunic , Sunich , Sunitsch , Schunicht , Shunick , Schunick , Sunick , Shunichi , Shounick and Sunnick ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. "Sunich " is used by some 90 people in the United States , small number in Guyana , and small number of people in New Zealand. "Sunitsch " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in Austria , and small number in the United States. "Sunick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miljenko Šunić, Mate Šunić, Ante Šunić, Ivan Šunić, Tomislav Šunić, Mirko Šunić, Zoran Šunić, Suzana Šunić, Zlatko Šunić, Marinko Šunić, Hrvoje Šunić, Božo Šunić, Ivica Šunić, Marina Šunić, Jasna Šunić, Mario Šunić, Emil Šunić, Josip Šunić, Branko Šunić

Mentions in sources

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

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