Surname Kostelac in modern Croatia

Kostelac families are Croats and they are mostly from Otocac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 790 people with faimily name Kostelac live in Croatia today, in 320 households. There were 730 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 74 other places, mostly in Prozor (145), Otocac (120), Zagreb (110), Svica (75), and in Kutina (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 18 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), Sweden (3), Switzerland (2), Australia (2), Austria (2), France (1), Canada (1), Argentina (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Kostelac (including: Kostelaz , Costelac ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Kostelac " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 50 in Peru , and small number of people in Australia. "Kostelaz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Costelac " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vesna Kostelac, Robert Kostelac, Draženka Kostelac, Melinda Kostelac, Ana Kostelac, Marko Kostelac, Ivica Kostelac, Stjepan Kostelac, Željko Kostelac, Drago Kostelac, Andrija Kostelac, Ivan Kostelac, Josip Kostelac, Mirko Kostelac, Mirjana Kostelac, Nenad Kostelac, Milan Kostelac, Marijan Kostelac, Marinko Kostelac

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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