Surname Basta in modern Croatia

Basta families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Obrovac area , whereas often Croats (from Gospic ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Obrovac area and in Zagreb. In places Srednja Gora and Kurjak in Obrovac area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Basta.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Basta live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 460 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 36 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Lipovo Polje in Gospic area (15), Gospic (15), Rijeka (15), and in Karlovac (10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Basta (including: Bashta , Bastha , Bastah , Bassta , Baszta , Bhastha and Bhashta ) is present in 67 countries worldwide. The family name "Basta " is used by some 30000 people in Egypt , about 8000 in Italy , and some 5000 people in the United States. "Baszta " is used by small number of people in Poland and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Boris Basta, Zoran Basta, Dragan Basta, Snježana Basta, Brankica Basta, Stanimir Basta, Željko Basta, Slavica Basta, Nataša Basta, Mira Basta, Jadranka Basta, Branko Basta, Goran Basta, Milan Basta, Vesna Basta, Slavoljub Basta, Simo Basta, Slavka Basta, Zlata Basta

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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