Surname Krstinić in modern Croatia

Krstinić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Rab. According to some sources they are from the Island of Hvar and Boka Kotorska, often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Rab and in Hrvatska Kostajnica area. In Pedalj in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every third inhabitant had the family name Krstinić.

Prevalence

About 290 people with faimily name Krstinić live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Palit on the Island of Rab (65), Zagreb (35), Split (25), Banjol on the Island of Rab (20), and in Pedalj in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), the United States (4), Austria (1), and to Venezuela (1).
Family name Krstinić (including: Krstinic , Krstinich ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Krstinic " is used by some 200 people in Germany , small number in Bolivia , and small number of people in the United States. "Krstinich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Krstinić, Mario Krstinić, Ante Krstinić, Milan Krstinić, Gordana Krstinić, Nikola Krstinić, Ivan Krstinić, Stojanka Krstinić, Marijan Krstinić, Žaklin Krstinić, Ksenija Krstinić, Zlatko Krstinić, Juraj Krstinić, Andrej Krstinić, Biserka Krstinić, Elvira Krstinić, Marija Krstinić, Sandra Krstinić, Danijel Krstinić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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