Surname Kastelic in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kastelic families are predominantly Croats (from Opatija area ), rarely Italians (from Rijeka ), and very rarely Slovenes (from Novigrad ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Nova Gradiska.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Kastelic live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and two other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Varazdin (<10), Zagreb (<5), Opatija (<5), and in Matulji in Opatija area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kastelic (including: Kastelitz , Castelic , Kastellic and Kasteliz ) 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. "Kastelitz " is used by some 90 people in Austria and about 80 in the United States. "Kastellic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Kastelic, Davor Kastelic, Adriano Kastelic, Ludvik Kastelic, Lidija Kastelic, Veljko Kastelic, Renata Kastelic, Katarina Kastelic, Ingrid Kastelic, Marko Kastelic, Tomislav Kastelic, Marija Kastelic, Ana Kastelic, Nives Kastelic, Majda Kastelic, Igor Kastelic, Ida Kastelic, Štefanija Kastelic, Emilija Kastelic

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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