Surname Rstić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Rstić families are mainly Croats (from Pozega ), equally Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and Benkovac. In Škrabutnik in Pozega every seventh inhabitant had the family name Rstić.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Rstić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Split (10), Pozega (<10), Skrabutnik (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Benkovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rstić (including: Hrstic , Rstic , Erstic , Hrstich , Herstich , Herstic and Erstich ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. "Hrstich " is used by small number of people in New Zealand , small number in Australia , and small number of people in the United States. "Herstic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Herstich " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Rstić, Zoran Rstić, Radovan Rstić, Luka Rstić, Elza Rstić, Boris Rstić, Nevenka Rstić, Denis Rstić, Anastazijo Rstić, Velibor Rstić, Irena Rstić, Neno Rstić, Dijana Rstić, Aida Rstić, Žarko Rstić, Darinka Rstić, Istranka Rstić, Štefica Rstić, Gordana Rstić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1935 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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