Surname Oštrić in modern Croatia

Oštrić families are Croats and they are mostly from Novigrada. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Trogir area and in Zagreb. In Blizna Donja in Trogir area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Oštrić.

Prevalence

About 560 people with faimily name Oštrić live in Croatia today, in 250 households. There were 550 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 31 cities and 47 other places, mostly in Zagreb (95), Blizna Donja in Trogir area (60), Pridraga in Novigrad Area in Dalmatia (60), Rijeka (45), and in Zadar (45).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (4) and Germany (2).
Family name Oštrić (including: Ostrich , Ostric , Ostrick , Ostritsch , Ostriche , Osterich and Hostrich ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. "Ostrich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 60 in Pakistan , and small number of people in Kenya , small number of people in South Africa. "Ostrick " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Ostriche " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Oštrić, Anina Oštrić, Mirjana Oštrić, Radovan Oštrić, Marin Oštrić, Ivan Oštrić, Davor Oštrić, Branka Oštrić, Zoran Oštrić, Ivo Oštrić, Jure Oštrić, Igor Oštrić, Irena Oštrić, Zdenko Oštrić, Mladen Oštrić, Sunčica Oštrić, Boris Oštrić, Damir Oštrić, Tomislav Oštrić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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