Surname Desanti in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Desanti families are Croats (from the Island of Losinj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Cres. In Vrana on the Island of Cres every third inhabitant had the family name Desanti.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Desanti live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (15), Rijeka (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Orlec on the Island of Cres (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (6), France (3), Canada (2), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Desanti (including: Dessanti , Desanty , Deshanty , Desantie and Deshanti ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Desanti " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 700 in France , and some 400 people in Italy. "Desantie " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Dessanti " is used by some 200 people in Italy , about 100 in Brazil , and some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ante Desanti, Teja Desanti, Vesna Desanti, Đulijana Desanti, Tatjana Desanti, Eni Desanti, Vinko Desanti, Ivan Desanti, Ive Desanti, Tihomir Desanti, Edita Desanti, Zlata Desanti, Jelica Desanti, Željko Desanti, Davor Desanti, Raimondo Desanti, Slava Desanti, Franko Desanti, Vlasta Desanti

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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