Surname Gostović in modern Croatia

Gostović families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Senj area , whereas often Croats (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Senj area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Gostović live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Rijeka (20), Vukovar (<5), Slatina (<5), and in Starigrad (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United Kingdom (1), France (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Gostović (including: Gostovich , Gostovic ) is present in 10 countries on two continents. The family name "Gostovic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gostovich " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Gostović, Marko Gostović, Branislav Gostović, Branka Gostović, Marica Gostović, Nikola Gostović, Miodrag Gostović, Zdravko Gostović, Milena Gostović, Branko Gostović, Dušan Gostović, Neđa Gostović, Božica Gostović, Ljubica Gostović, Marija Gostović, Darko Gostović, Mirjana Gostović, Srđan Gostović, Vlatka Gostović

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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