Surname Hvasta in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hvasta families are Croats (from Nasice area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nasice area and in Osijek.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Hvasta live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Osijek (10), Rovinj (<10), Visnjevac (<10), and in Koska in Nasice area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Hvasta (including: Chvasta , Hwasta and Chwasta ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Hvasta " is used by some 90 people in the United States , small number in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Argentina. "Hwasta " is used by few people in the United States. "Chvasta " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ilija Hvasta, Ivka Hvasta, Antun Hvasta, Igor Hvasta, Dejan Hvasta, Danijel Hvasta, Marija Hvasta, Zvonimir Hvasta, Dragica Hvasta, Ilijana Hvasta, Branko Hvasta, Ljiljana Hvasta, Marica Hvasta, Ivan Hvasta, Mijo Hvasta, Vjekoslav Hvasta, Melita Hvasta, Kristina Hvasta, Aleksandra Hvasta

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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