Surname Žinić in modern Croatia

Žinić families are Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area. According to some sources s Hvara (Jelsa) or from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and in Koprivnica area. In Gornji Vukojevac in Petrinja area every third inhabitant had the family name Žinić.

Prevalence

About 320 people with faimily name Žinić live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 450 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 47 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Donja Dubrava in Koprivnica area (50), Marinbrod (25), Glina (15), and in Sisak (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), Germany (6), and to the United States (1).
Family name Žinić (including: Zinic , Zinich , Zinych , Zynich , Zinnick , Zinici and Zinick ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. "Zinick " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Zinnick " is used by some 50 people in Canada and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Žinić, Mladen Žinić, Ivo Žinić, Krešimir Žinić, Damir Žinić, Mijo Žinić, Biserka Žinić, Ivica Žinić, Stjepan Žinić, Željka Žinić, Veljko Žinić, Mirjana Žinić, Nevenka Žinić, Zdravko Žinić, Nena Žinić, Zdenka Žinić, Zdenko Žinić, Kristina Žinić, Lucija Žinić

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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