Surname Bolterstein in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bolterstein families are almost entirely Croats (from Buzet ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Buzet and Rijeka. In Krušvari in Buzet every third inhabitant had the family name Bolterstein.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Bolterstein live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian counties, four cities and 5 other places, mostly in Matulji in Opatija area (<10), Krusvari (<10), Rijeka (<5), Buzet (<5), and in Opatija (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bolterstein is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Bolterstein " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Bolterstein, Damir Bolterstein, Mauro Bolterstein, Robi Bolterstein, Zlatko Bolterstein, Slavica Bolterstein, Albert Bolterstein, Ivanka Bolterstein, Marina Bolterstein, Vedran Bolterstein, Slavko Bolterstein, Romeo Bolterstein, Lino Bolterstein, Dubravka Bolterstein, Diana Bolterstein, Mladen Bolterstein, Ervin Bolterstein, Jasna Bolterstein, Denis Bolterstein

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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