In Croatia, Hrštić families are generally Bosniaks (from Bosnian Posavina ), rarely Croats (from Rijeka area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Gradacac area) and in Rijeka. In Vučkovci in Bosanian Posavina every eighth inhabitant had the family name Hrštić.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Hrštić live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Viskovo in Rijeka area (<10), Dramalj (<10), Vinkovci (<10), Rijeka (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1935 in source Faculty of Humanities University of Zagreb Alumni.