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Surname Kostiha in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Kostiha families are generally Croats (from Vrbovec area ), very rarely Czechs (also from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Vrbovec area. In Žabnica in Cazma area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Kostiha.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Kostiha live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 8 other places, mostly in Ivanic-Grad (<10), Hrvatski Leskovac (<10), in Nova Kapela (<5) and Stara Kapela (<5) in Vrbovec area, and in Varazdin (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Kostiha (including: Kosticheva , Kostichka and Kostichina ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. The family name "Kostiha " is used by some 200 people in Czech Republic , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Austria , small number of people in Canada. "Kostichka " is used by some 100 people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Goran Kostiha,
Robert Kostiha,
Martina Kostiha,
Sanja Kostiha,
Ankica Kostiha,
Ana Kostiha,
Ivica Kostiha,
Vjekoslav Kostiha,
Ljiljana Kostiha,
Željko Kostiha,
Ivančica Kostiha,
Marija Kostiha,
Dražen Kostiha,
Marinko Kostiha,
Krešimir Kostiha,
Ivan Kostiha,
Ljubica Kostiha,
Franjo Kostiha,
Nikola Kostiha
