Surname Rastovski in modern Croatia

Rastovski families are Croats and they are mostly from Glina. According to some sources they are from Poland (Krakow). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Glina. In Donje Jame in Glina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Rastovski.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Rastovski live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and four other places, mostly in Karlovac (30), Zagreb (15), Petrinja (<10), Djurdjevac (<10), and in Glina (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rastovski (including: Rastovsky , Hrastovski and Rastovskii ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Rastovski " is used by some 80 people in the United States. "Rastovsky " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Rastovski, Andrej Rastovski, Petar Rastovski, Marija Rastovski, Želimir Rastovski, Jana Rastovski, Ana Rastovski, Ruža Rastovski, Vladimir Rastovski, Tomislav Rastovski, Vesna Rastovski, Anđelka Rastovski, Velimir Rastovski, Hrvoje Rastovski, Brankica Rastovski, Spomenka Rastovski, Danijel Rastovski, Sanela Rastovski, Željka Rastovski

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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