Surname Kristić in modern Croatia

Kristić families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Kakanj area) and in Kosovo. In Orahov Do in East Herzegovina every third inhabitant had the family name Kristić.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Kristić live in Croatia today, in 420 households. There were 480 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 43 cities and 120 other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Dubrovnik (105), Split (75), Osijek (65), and in Zagvozd in Makarska area (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), Austria (3), Germany (3), Spain (1), Switzerland (1) at to Canada.
Family name Kristić (including: Kristic , Khristich , Kristich , Cristici , Kristick , Khrystich , Cristich , Krisztics , Cristick and Cristic ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Kristic " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in France. "Kristich " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 70 in Argentina , and small number of people in Ukraine. "Kristick " is used by some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Kristić, Mladen Kristić, Andrija Kristić, Jelena Kristić, Tonći Kristić, Mato Kristić, Vido Kristić, Nikola Kristić, Olivera Kristić, Đurđica Kristić, Adrijana Kristić, Pero Kristić, Snježana Kristić, Silvija Kristić, Froka Kristić, Katica Kristić, Zoran Kristić, Nebojša Kristić, Ilija Kristić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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