Surname Pastorčić in modern Croatia

Pastorčić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Petrinja area , rarely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Petrinja area. In Petrovec in Petrinja area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Pastorčić.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Pastorčić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Pag on the Island of Pag (20), Pazin (15), Labin (15), Zagreb (10), and in Pula (10).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Austria (2), Germany (2), Australia (1), and to France (1).
Family name Pastorčić (including: Pastorcic , Pastorcich ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Pastorcic " is used by small number of people in Australia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Slovakia. "Pastorcich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Gino Pastorčić, Marino Pastorčić, Ivica Pastorčić, Paolo Pastorčić, Ivan Pastorčić, Štefica Pastorčić, Radivoj Pastorčić, Jure Pastorčić, Anita Pastorčić, Solange Pastorčić, Livio Pastorčić, Lara Pastorčić, Željka Pastorčić, Oliver Pastorčić, Branka Pastorčić, Željko Pastorčić, Aldo Pastorčić, Andrea Pastorčić, Luka Pastorčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories