Surname Ostović in modern Croatia

Ostović families are Croats and they are mostly from Otocac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and Zagreb. In Derolovi in Podrinje (Bosnia) nearly every inhabitant had the family name Ostović.

Prevalence

About 400 people with faimily name Ostović live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 350 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Pula (60), Otocac (55), Osijek (20), and in Licko Lesce (20).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (2), Austria (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Ostović (including: Ostovich , Ostovic , Hostovich , Ostowick and Osztovics ) is present in 14 countries on three continents. The family name "Ostovic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Ostovich " is used by some 200 people in the United States and about 60 in Russian Federation. "Ostowick " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Ostović, Oto Ostović, Tatjana Ostović, Gordana Ostović, Mario Ostović, Branko Ostović, Mirjana Ostović, Branka Ostović, Zvonimir Ostović, Zlatko Ostović, Zoran Ostović, Milan Ostović, Mićo Ostović, Zdenko Ostović, Daliborka Ostović, Sanja Ostović, Ružica Ostović, Ornela Ostović, Barbara Ostović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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