Surname Ristić in modern Croatia

Ristić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , whereas often Croats (from Pakrac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Maglaj area) and in Serbia. In Donji Rakovac in Middle Bosnia every third inhabitant had the family name Ristić.

Prevalence

About 650 people with faimily name Ristić live in Croatia today, in 320 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 57 cities and 74 other places, mostly in Zagreb (100), Rijeka (70), Pula (30), Osijek (30), and in Bobota in Vukovar area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Canada (1), Sweden (1), the United States (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Ristić (including: Ristic , Ristich , Ristick , Ristici , Hristich , Risticz , Hristic , Hristici , Ristics and Ristitsch ) is present in 58 countries worldwide. The family name "Ristic " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 400 in the United States , and some 200 people in Austria. "Ristich " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 70 in Canada , and some 60 people in Russian Federation. "Ristick " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in the Philippines.

Characteristic first names

Ramir Ristić, Željko Ristić, Smiljana Ristić, Mira Ristić, Vaskrsije Ristić, Silvana Ristić, Duško Ristić, Jadranka Ristić, Goran Ristić, Aleksandar Ristić, Vesna Ristić, Ivanka Ristić, Siniša Ristić, Magdalena Ristić, Davor Ristić, Suzana Ristić, Marko Ristić, Jovan Ristić, Neda Ristić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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