In Croatia, Bastaić families are mainly Croats (from Velika Gorica ), equally Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko area and in Zagreb. In Prkos Lasinjski in Jastrebarsko area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Bastaić.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Bastaić live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Zagreb (25), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Prkos Lasinjski in Jastrebarsko area (<5).
Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (1) and the United States (1). Family name Bastaić (including: Bastaic , Bastaich ) is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Bastaic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bastaich " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.
