Surname Nastić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Nastić families are mainly Croats (from Rijeka area ), rarely Serbs (from Tuzla Region (Bosnia) ), and barely Bosniaks (from the Island of Cres ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb. In Betanj in Tuzla Region (Bosnia) nearly every inhabitant had the family name Nastić.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Nastić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Cres on the Island of Cres (<10), Buzdohanj in Rijeka area (<5), Pula (<5), and in Vukovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Nastić (including: Nastich , Nastic , Nastych , Nastick and Nastici ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Nastic " is used by some 50 people in Kenya , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Ukraine. "Nastick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Nastić, Draško Nastić, Zlatan Nastić, Milorad Nastić, Ivan Nastić, Dragoljub Nastić, Azemina Nastić, Mirjana Nastić, Lorens Nastić, Dejan Nastić, Anka Nastić, Milenko Nastić, Daliborka Nastić, Ivana Nastić, Gordana Nastić, Vladan Nastić, Siniša Nastić, Karlo Nastić, Sanja Nastić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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