Surname Husta in modern Croatia

Husta families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and in Slovenia. In Samoborski Otok in Samobor every ninth inhabitant had the family name Husta.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Husta live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located and 9 other Croatian places, mostly in Samobor (45), Zagreb (15), Gradna (15), Samoborski Otok (10), and in Podvrh (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (5) and the United States (1).
Family name Husta (including: Huszta , Chusta , Chakusta , Hustá , Hustha , Huesta and Chlusta ) is present in 21 countries on four continents. The family name "Husta " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 60 in Germany , and some 60 people in Czech Republic. "Huesta " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Husta, Robert Husta, Ivica Husta, Mirjana Husta, Josip Husta, Ana Husta, Krunoslav Husta, Tomislav Husta, Božidar Husta, Miro Husta, Branko Husta, Dragutin Husta, Valerija Husta, Nada Husta, Nikola Husta, Tomica Husta, Mario Husta, Kristina Husta, Suzana Husta

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.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories