Surname Pustahija in modern Croatia

Pustahija families are Croats and they are mostly from western Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Drvar area) and in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area).

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Pustahija live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Velika Gorica (20), Zadar (10), Rijeka (<10), and in Knin (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pustahija is present in 9 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Pustahija, Suzana Pustahija, Sanja Pustahija, Marica Pustahija, Dalibor Pustahija, Mato Pustahija, Anto Pustahija, Ilija Pustahija, Elvira Pustahija, Jasmina Pustahija, Ivana Pustahija, Larisa Pustahija, Mario Pustahija, Milena Pustahija, Miroslav Pustahija, Danijel Pustahija, Božo Pustahija, Marko Pustahija, Biljana Pustahija

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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