Rastočić families are Croats and they are mostly from Opuzen area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and in Opuzen area. In Nova Sela in Opuzen area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Rastočić.
Prevalence
About 120 people with faimily name Rastočić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled. They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and four other places, mostly in Metkovic (80), Zagreb (15), Nova Sela in Opuzen area (<10), Gradac in Ploce area (<10), and in Kastel Sucurac (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Rastočić is present in two countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.