Surname Ištvan in modern Croatia

Ištvan families are Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and Vinkovci.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Ištvan live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (40), Vinkovci (20), Molve in Djurdjevac area (15), Gat (<10), and in Secerana (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ištvan (including: István , Istvan , Istwan and Isztwan ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Istvan " is used by some 6000 people in Hungary , about 500 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Istwan " is used by some 50 people in the United States. "István " is used by some 30000 people in Hungary , about 6000 in Romania , and some 800 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Ištvan, Ninoslav Ištvan, Martina Ištvan, Neven Ištvan, Darko Ištvan, Stjepan Ištvan, Lidija Ištvan, Vesnica Ištvan, Gabrijela Ištvan, Dražen Ištvan, Damir Ištvan, Nikolina Ištvan, Zlatko Ištvan, Slavica Ištvan, Nada Ištvan, Anita Ištvan, Marko Ištvan, Dalibor Ištvan, Koviljka Ištvan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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