Surname Poštić in modern Croatia

Poštić families can be both Serbs and Croats (from Valpovo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina area and in Osijek.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Poštić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Vukovar (25), Zagreb (20), Petrijevci in Valpovo area (20), Osijek (15), and in Karlovac (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Poštić (including: Postic , Postich and Postick ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Postic " is used by some 2000 people in France , about 100 in the United States , and some 90 people in Canada. "Postich " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Postick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jelena Poštić, Robert Poštić, Ivan Poštić, Ljiljana Poštić, Andreja Poštić, Davor Poštić, Zoran Poštić, Sandra Poštić, Mirko Poštić, Željka Poštić, Željko Poštić, Ana Poštić, Vlasta Poštić, Bogdan Poštić, Josip Poštić, Snježana Poštić, Lidija Poštić, Dario Poštić, Danijela Poštić

Mentions in sources

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

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