Surname Sestrić in modern Croatia

Sestrić families are Croats and they are mostly from Duga Resa. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Duga Resa. In Dvorjanci in Duga Resa every fourth inhabitant had the family name Sestrić.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Sestrić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Dvorjanci (25), Zagreb (25), Draganic in Karlovac area (20), Sirac in Daruvar area (20), and in Duga Resa (10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Austria (1), the United States (1), Argentina (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Sestrić (including: Sestric , Sestrich and Sestrick ) is present in 6 countries on two continents. The family name "Sestric " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Austria. "Sestrich " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Sestrick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Elvis Sestrić, Igor Sestrić, Ana Sestrić, Ivica Sestrić, Stjepan Sestrić, Željka Sestrić, Goran Sestrić, Silvana Sestrić, Vesna Sestrić, Marijo Sestrić, Petar Sestrić, Davor Sestrić, Anita Sestrić, Karolina Sestrić, Zlatko Sestrić, Daniela Sestrić, Dubravko Sestrić, Mira Sestrić, Lidija Sestrić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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