Surname Kuštan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kuštan families are almost entirely Croats (from Bjelovar area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and in Cazma area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kuštan live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located and 12 other Croatian places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Medjuraca in Bjelovar area (<10), Klokovec in Krapina area (<5), and in Ivanska (<5) and Djurdjic (<5) in Bjelovar area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Kuštan (including: Kushtan , Kustán , Kustan , Custan and Kusthan ) is present in 21 countries on three continents. The family name "Kustan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kustán " is used by some 600 people in Hungary , about 70 in Indonesia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Kuštan, Milan Kuštan, Slađana Kuštan, Zdravko Kuštan, Mario Kuštan, Vlado Kuštan, Krešimir Kuštan, Mirko Kuštan, Ivan Kuštan, Ljilja Kuštan, Sonja Kuštan, Siniša Kuštan, Đuro Kuštan, Nevenka Kuštan, Marija Kuštan, Franjo Kuštan, Ivica Kuštan, Zlatko Kuštan, Vera Kuštan

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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