Surname Rastović in modern Croatia

Rastović families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Knin area , whereas often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Knin area. In Donji Dubovik in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every fifth inhabitant had the family name Rastović.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Rastović live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Vis on the Island of Vis (10), Bjelovar (10), and in Donji Srb (10) and Gracac (<10) in Knin area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Rastović (including: Rastovich , Rastovic ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Rastovic " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Mexico. "Rastovich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in New Zealand.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Rastović, Savka Rastović, Radovan Rastović, Angelina Rastović, Matko Rastović, Goran Rastović, Tanja Rastović, Dragan Rastović, Željko Rastović, Marko Rastović, Dijana Rastović, Petar Rastović, Daniela Rastović, Darko Rastović, Rade Rastović, Danilo Rastović, Grozdana Rastović, Duško Rastović, Snježana Rastović

Mentions in sources

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

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