Surname Kaštelac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kaštelac families are Croats (from the Island of Krk ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Kaštelac live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Zagreb (<5), and in Brzac (<5) and Skrbcici (<5) on the Island of Krk.

Outside Croatia

Family name Kaštelac (including: Kastelac , Castelaz ) is present in four countries on two continents. "Castelaz " is used by some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Kaštelac, Tomislav Kaštelac, Josip Kaštelac, Velimir Kaštelac, Dragica Kaštelac, Blanka Kaštelac, Ana Kaštelac, Mladen Kaštelac, Ema Kaštelac

Mentions in sources

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

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