Surname Štiglić in modern Croatia

Štiglić families are Croats and they are mostly from Delnice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb. In Damalj in Vrbovsko every sixth inhabitant had the family name Štiglić.

Prevalence

About 270 people with faimily name Štiglić live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 370 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 36 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Rijeka (40), Velika in Pozega area (25), Krasica (15), and in Homer in Delnice area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (10), Australia (4), Germany (3), and to Canada (2).
Family name Štiglić (including: Stiglic , Stiglich , Stiglicz , Stiglick and Shtiglich ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Stiglic " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 90 in Canada , and some 60 people in Moldova. "Stiglich " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 400 in Peru , and some 200 people in Argentina. "Stiglicz " is used by some 50 people in Hungary and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Štiglić, Stjepan Štiglić, Ozren Štiglić, Vesna Štiglić, Ivan Štiglić, Dražen Štiglić, Srećko Štiglić, Dragutin Štiglić, Sanjin Štiglić, Zoran Štiglić, Snježana Štiglić, Goran Štiglić, Željko Štiglić, Branimir Štiglić, Ivana Štiglić, Ivo Štiglić, Renata Štiglić, Radenko Štiglić, Rajko Štiglić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories