Surname Šestić in modern Croatia

Šestić families are often Croats and they are mostly from Zupanja area , rarely Serbs and Bosniaks (from Banja Luka area, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zupanja area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Šestić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 250 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 20 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Racinovci in Zupanja area (30), Tucepi in Makarska area (15), Osijek (<10), and in Luzani in Pleternica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šestić (including: Sestic , Sestich and Shestic ) is present in 15 countries on three continents. The family name "Sestic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Germany. "Sestich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Milorad Šestić, Gordan Šestić, Jakša Šestić, Gordana Šestić, Ljudevit Šestić, Željko Šestić, Ljiljana Šestić, Mirko Šestić, Dražen Šestić, Vladimir Šestić, Vesna Šestić, Ana Šestić, Marija Šestić, Ivan Šestić, Suada Šestić, Mirta Šestić, Milena Šestić, Ivana Šestić, Jasminka Šestić

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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