Surname Gostić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gostić families are Croats by relative majority (from Buje area ), equally Serbs, and very rarely Montenegrins (from Bar, Montenegro ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and in Doboj, Bosnia (Doboj area).

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Gostić live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Aljmas in Vinkovci area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Osijek (<5), and in Mirkovci (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gostić (including: Gostic , Gostick , Gostich , Gostichev and Gostichko ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. The family name "Gostic " is used by some 90 people in the United States and small number in France. "Gostich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Gostić, Stana Gostić, Milenko Gostić, Saša Gostić, Davor Gostić, Boris Gostić, Dalma Gostić, Miodrag Gostić, Stefan Gostić, Ognjen Gostić, Igor Gostić, Milan Gostić, Silvija Gostić, Maruška Gostić, Rado Gostić, Zora Gostić, Jadranko Gostić, Tajana Gostić, Hrvoje Gostić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1925 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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