Surname Batistić in modern Croatia

Batistić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Korcula.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Batistić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zrnovo (50) and Lumbarda (35) on the Island of Korcula, Split (35), Zagreb (25), and in Korcula on the Island of Korcula (15).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), the United States (3), and to Germany (1).
Family name Batistić (including: Batistic , Batistich , Battistich , Battistic and Batistick ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Batistic " is used by some 90 people in Australia , about 80 in the United States , and some 60 people in Germany. "Batistich " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in New Zealand. "Batistick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivo Batistić, Mirna Batistić, Zdravko Batistić, Marinko Batistić, Berislav Batistić, Mario Batistić, Marin Batistić, Željko Batistić, Sabina Batistić, Robert Batistić, Josipa Batistić, Lovro Batistić, Ivica Batistić, Dario Batistić, Jasmina Batistić, Slaven Batistić, Nikola Batistić, Marijo Batistić, Tomislav Batistić

Mentions in sources

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

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