Surname Kastelić in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kastelić live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<10), in Viskovo (<5) and Buzdohanj (<5) in Rijeka area, and in Krasica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kastelić (including: Kastelic , Castelic , Kastellic and Kastelich ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Kastelic " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 700 in Democratic Republic of Congo , and some 600 people in Brazil. "Kastellic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Castelic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Diana Kastelić, Mira Kastelić, Lenka Kastelić, Vladimir Kastelić, Irena Kastelić, Anica Kastelić, Francika Kastelić, Franka Kastelić, Marija Kastelić, Donato Kastelić, Kristina Kastelić, Rudi Kastelić, Fiorenzo Kastelić, Patrick Kastelić, Aleks Kastelić, Korina Kastelić, Slava Kastelić, Adriano Kastelić, Ida Kastelić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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