Surname Oštarić in modern Croatia

Oštarić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pag. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Pag and in Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Oštarić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Kolan on the Island of Pag (45), Rijeka (25), Zagreb (15), Mandre on the Island of Pag (15), and in Zadar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Oštarić (including: Ostaric , Ostarich ) is present in three countries on two continents. "Ostarich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marina Oštarić, Željko Oštarić, Antonio Oštarić, Renata Oštarić, Mario Oštarić, Šime Oštarić, Antica Oštarić, Ante Oštarić, Mladen Oštarić, Martina Oštarić, Ivo Oštarić, Vjenceslav Oštarić, Tomislav Oštarić, Sonja Oštarić, Klaudio Oštarić, Nedeljka Oštarić, Maja Oštarić, Emil Oštarić, Marija Oštarić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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