Surname Bistrović in modern Croatia

Bistrović families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Varazdin. In Očura in Lepoglava area every third inhabitant had the family name Bistrović.

Prevalence

About 830 people with faimily name Bistrović live in Croatia today, in 340 households. There were 570 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 39 cities and 103 other places, mostly in Cakovec (75), Viletinec (65), Zagreb (60), Ocura in Lepoglava area (50), and in Varazdin (40).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Australia (2), the Netherlands (1), France (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Bistrović (including: Bistrovich , Bistrovic ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Bistrovic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bistrovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dragica Bistrović, Saša Bistrović, Ninoslav Bistrović, Vladimir Bistrović, Želimir Bistrović, Željko Bistrović, Vesna Bistrović, Danijel Bistrović, Drago Bistrović, Daniel Bistrović, Darinka Bistrović, Marija Bistrović, Tomislav Bistrović, Damir Bistrović, Boris Bistrović, Ivan Bistrović, Senka Bistrović, Biserka Bistrović, Marijan Bistrović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1693 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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