Surname Košti in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Košti families are Croats (from Mursko Sredisce area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krizevci and in Beli Manastir area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Košti live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Mali Poganac in Koprivnica area (<10), Banfi in Mursko Sredisce area (<5), Vrsar in Rovinj area (<5), and in Knezevo in Beli Manastir area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Košti (including: Kosti , Koshti , Kosthi , Koszti , Koshthi , Kostie , Kostti , Kossti , Kosthti and Kosshti ) is present in 71 countries worldwide. "Koshti " is used by some 200 people in Saudi Arabia , about 90 in the United States , and some 60 people in Uganda. "Kostie " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Khosti " is used by some 6000 people in Afghanistan , about 50 in Pakistan , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branka Košti, Janja Košti, Verica Košti, Ludmila Košti, Ivan Košti, Branko Košti, Katica Košti, Darinka Košti, Stipo Košti, Dražen Košti, Katarina Košti, Maja Košti, Marko Košti, Lea Košti, Ana Košti, Antun Košti, Bogomir Košti, Danica Košti, Franca Košti

Mentions in sources

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

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