Bistričić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pag. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Pag and in Rijeka.
Prevalence
About 140 people with faimily name Bistričić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Rijeka (35), Pag on the Island of Pag (35), Zagreb (20), Pula (10), and in Zadar (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Germany (2). Family name Bistričić is present in four countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.