Surname Dostal in modern Croatia

Dostal families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Grubisno Polje , often Czechs (also from Grubisno Polje ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Grubisno Polje and Zagreb. In Munije in Grubisno Polje every eighth inhabitant had the family name Dostal.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Dostal live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Grubisno Polje (15), Hercegovac in Garesnica area (<10), Bjelovar (<10), and in Daruvar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dostal (including: Dostál , Dostall , Dosztal and Dosthal ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Dostal " is used by some 7000 people in Czech Republic , about 5000 in the United States , and some 3000 people in Germany. "Dosthal " is used by few people in the United States. "Dostall " is used by some 60 people in Germany , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Alan Dostal, Darko Dostal, Elisabeth Dostal, Zoran Dostal, Terezija Dostal, Vlatka Dostal, Zdenko Dostal, Davor Dostal, Ivica Dostal, Marija Dostal, Vera Dostal, Udo Dostal, Josip Dostal, Bojan Dostal, Zvonko Dostal, Sanja Dostal, Branka Dostal, Drahuška Dostal, Alen Dostal

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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