Surname Ištok in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ištok families are Croats (from Garesnica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Koprivnica. In Novi Skucani in Bjelovar area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Ištok.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Ištok live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Krizevci (<10), Bjelovar (<10), Krapina (<10), and in Velika Gorica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ištok (including: Istok , Istoc , Istock , Istook and Isztok ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. "Istock " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Istook " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Isztok " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Ištok, Martina Ištok, Ana Ištok, Vladimir Ištok, Saša Ištok, Bojan Ištok, Tihomil Ištok, Jasminka Ištok, Zdenka Ištok, Mirela Ištok, Alen Ištok, Tomislav Ištok, Željko Ištok, Mirica Ištok, Dragotin Ištok, Nada Ištok, Jasna Ištok, Spomenka Ištok, Dalibor Ištok

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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