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Surname Kostelec in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Kostelec families are generally Croats (from Novi Marof area ), very rarely Italians (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Novi Marof area.
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Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Kostelec live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Varazdin (<10), Rijeka (<5), Gornji Kraljevec in Novi Marof area (<5), and in Jalzabet in Ludbreg area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Kostelec is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Kostelec " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Czech Republic.
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Characteristic first names
Miroslav Kostelec,
Miro Kostelec,
Darko Kostelec,
Dario Kostelec,
Miodrag Kostelec,
Željko Kostelec,
Josip Kostelec,
Mirjana Kostelec,
Tomislav Kostelec,
Marica Kostelec,
Ivica Kostelec,
Nikolina Kostelec,
Juraj Kostelec,
Tomaš Kostelec,
Stjepan Kostelec,
Draga Kostelec,
Vukosava Kostelec,
Egeo Kostelec,
Milan Kostelec
