Surname Kriste in modern Croatia

Kriste families are Croats and they are mostly from east Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in East Herzegovina (Trebinje area) and in Dubrovnik. In Trebimlja in East Herzegovina every seventh inhabitant had the family name Kriste.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Kriste live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (55), Zagreb (20), Mokosica (15), Nova Mokosica (15), and in Cavtat in Dubrovnik area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kriste (including: Christe , Criste , Cristhie , Cristee , Khriste , Christee , Christhie , Kryste and Kristee ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. The family name "Kriste " is used by some 90 people in Indonesia , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Lithuania. "Kristee " is used by few people in the United States. "Criste " is used by some 1000 people in the Philippines , about 1000 in Romania , and some 500 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Petar Kriste, Ivica Kriste, Milka Kriste, Dominik Kriste, Kristina Kriste, Anđelko Kriste, Marijana Kriste, Nada Kriste, Ljerka Kriste, Stijepo Kriste, Gordana Kriste, Janja Kriste, Nikša Kriste, Mišo Kriste, Ante Kriste, Mato Kriste, Josip Kriste, Magda Kriste, Danijel Kriste

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1925 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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