Surname Kastner in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kastner live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Lipovljani in Novska area (<5), Delnice (<5), Brajkovici in Rovinj area (<5), and in Karlovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kastner (including: Castner , Kasztner and Kasstner ) is present in 56 countries worldwide. The family name "Kastner " is used by some 20000 people in Germany , about 10000 in the United States , and some 4000 people in Austria. "Kasstner " is used by few people in the United States. "Castner " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 200 in Germany , and some 70 people in Japan.

Characteristic first names

Christian Kastner, Katarina Kastner, Miroslav Kastner, Zvonko Kastner, Snježana Kastner, Jagoda Kastner, Zdravko Kastner, Slavko Kastner, Željko Kastner, Katica Kastner, Emilija Kastner, Petar Kastner, Dragica Kastner, Janja Kastner, Marija Kastner, Alojz Kastner, Zlatko Kastner, Darko Kastner, Jessica Kastner

Mentions in sources

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

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