Surname Kastelan in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Kastelan live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only five Croatian places: in Veliko Trgovisce in Zabok area (10), Zagreb (<10), Velika Mlaka (<5), Radakovo in Zabok area (<5), and in Martinisce (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kastelan (including: Castelan , Castellan , Kasztelan , Kastellan and Kashtelan ) is present in 43 countries worldwide. The family name "Kastelan " is used by some 90 people in the United States , about 60 in Australia , and small number of people in Germany. "Castelan " is used by some 30000 people in Mexico , about 2000 in Brazil , and some 2000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Želimir Kastelan, Slađana Kastelan, Igor Kastelan, Mladen Kastelan, Ljudevit Kastelan, Vlatka Kastelan, Teo Kastelan, Marija Kastelan, Mirjana Kastelan, Sandra Kastelan, Vinko Kastelan, Ana Kastelan, Branka Kastelan, Franjo Kastelan, Bara Kastelan, Dorita Kastelan, Irene Kastelan, Krešimir Kastelan, Mateja Kastelan

Mentions in sources

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

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