Surname Fistonić in modern Croatia

Fistonić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Hvar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Hvar. In Zastražišće on the Island of Hvar every fifth inhabitant had the family name Fistonić.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Fistonić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and 7 other places, mostly in Split (30), Zagreb (25), and in Zastrazisce (25), Hvar (15) and Jelsa (15) on the Island of Hvar.

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (5), Australia (3), and to Norway (1).
Family name Fistonić (including: Fistonic , Fistonich ) is present in 7 countries on four continents. "Fistonich " is used by some 80 people in Panama , about 50 in New Zealand , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Milan Fistonić, Kristina Fistonić, Nedjeljko Fistonić, Andrej Fistonić, Ljubomir Fistonić, Renata Fistonić, Barbara Fistonić, Zoran Fistonić, Ivo Fistonić, Frane Fistonić, Ana Fistonić, Mara Fistonić, Danijela Fistonić, Željka Fistonić, Prošper Fistonić, Sanja Fistonić, Jasminka Fistonić, Dubravka Fistonić, Nenad Fistonić

Mentions in sources

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.

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