Surname Ostoja in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Ostoja live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Split (20), Supetar on the Island of Brac (15), Karlovac (10), Dol on the Island of Brac (10), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Argentina (4) and the United States (1).
Family name Ostoja (including: Ostoia , Ostoya ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Ostoja " is used by some 500 people in Poland , about 80 in the United States , and some 60 people in Peru. "Ostoya " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in South Africa. "Ostoia " is used by some 100 people in Poland , small number in Romania , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Ostoja, Darko Ostoja, Damir Ostoja, Ivan Ostoja, Davor Ostoja, Pavao Ostoja, Boris Ostoja, Mirko Ostoja, Tonči Ostoja, Petar Ostoja, Tomislav Ostoja, Toni Ostoja, Marina Ostoja, Joško Ostoja, Stjepan Ostoja, Tatjana Ostoja, Sanja Ostoja, Milica Ostoja, Irena Ostoja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1742 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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