Surname Pastuović in modern Croatia

Pastuović families are Croats and they are mostly from Drnis area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis area and in Zadar. In Gradac in Drnis area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Pastuović.

Prevalence

About 500 people with faimily name Pastuović live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 33 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (90), Split (50), Ruzic in Drnis area (35), Zadar (35), and in Gradac in Drnis area (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 22 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (10), the United States (7), and to Canada (5).
Family name Pastuović (including: Pastuovic , Pastuovich and Pastuhovic ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. The family name "Pastuovic " is used by some 200 people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Pastuovich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Pastuović, Branko Pastuović, Petar Pastuović, Anita Pastuović, Ivan Pastuović, Josip Pastuović, Ivo Pastuović, Marko Pastuović, Dražen Pastuović, Jadranka Pastuović, Zvonimir Pastuović, Marija Pastuović, Željko Pastuović, Zoran Pastuović, Renata Pastuović, Danko Pastuović, Davor Pastuović, Damir Pastuović, Ljubica Pastuović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1710 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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