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Surname Raste in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Raste families are Croats (from the Island of Murter ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Murter and in Sibenik. In Jezera on the Island of Murter every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Raste.
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Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Raste live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Jezera on the Island of Murter (15), Pula (<10), Sibenik (<10), Kraljevica (<5), and in Igrane in Makarska area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Raste (including: Eraste , Rasteh , Hraste , Rashte , Raaste and Rasste ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. The family name "Raste " is used by some 1000 people in Iran , about 60 in the United States , and some 50 people in Norway. "Rasste " is used by few people in the United States. "Rasteh " is used by some 2000 people in Iran , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.
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Characteristic first names
Branko Raste,
Tanja Raste,
Robert Raste,
Vladimir Raste,
Davor Raste,
Zvonimir Raste,
Mladen Raste,
Ana Raste,
Danijela Raste,
Krste Raste,
Jasna Raste,
Ivica Raste,
Jelka Raste,
Marinus Raste,
Tomislav Raste,
Andrija Raste,
Mile Raste,
Tugomir Raste,
Nevija Raste
