Surname Bastiani in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bastiani families are Italians (from Labin ).

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Bastiani live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Presika (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Bastiani (including: Bastiany , Bastyani ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. "Bastiany " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Antonio Bastiani, Gilda Bastiani, Nadivir Bastiani, Anna Bastiani, Celestino Bastiani, Donato Bastiani, Franka Bastiani, John Bastiani, Lucia Bastiani, Lucrezia Bastiani, Paolo Bastiani

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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