Surname Kostanić in modern Croatia

Kostanić families are Croats and they are mostly from Ploce area. According to some sources they are from Drvenika near Vrgorca. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Makarska and in Ploce area. In Drvenik in Ploce area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Kostanić.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Kostanić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Drvenik in Ploce area (70), Zagreb (15), Makarska (15), Ploce (<10), and in Split (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (1), New Zealand (1), the United States (1), and to South Africa (1).
Family name Kostanić (including: Kostanic , Kostanich and Costanich ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Kostanic " is used by small number of people in Australia and small number in the United States. "Kostanich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in New Zealand. "Costanich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Kostanić, Slobodan Kostanić, Željana Kostanić, Vice Kostanić, Mate Kostanić, Emil Kostanić, Krasna Kostanić, Miranda Kostanić, Aida Kostanić, Dunja Kostanić, Valentina Kostanić, Ina Kostanić, Ksenija Kostanić, Konrad Kostanić, Ivo Kostanić, Ivan Kostanić, Vicko Kostanić, Šimun Kostanić, Anka Kostanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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