Surname Stanić in modern Croatia

Stanić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina. According to other sources they are from village Stanici u Omis area, rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area) and in Zagreb. In Podgora in Tuzla Region (Bosnia) nearly every inhabitant had the family name Stanić.

Prevalence

About 4700 people with faimily name Stanić live in Croatia today, in 2000 households. There were 3000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 94 cities and 440 other places, mostly in Zagreb (830), Slavonski Brod (340), Split (255), Rijeka (155), and in Osijek (145).

Outside Croatia

At least 102 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (26), Germany (21), Switzerland (15), Australia (12), the Netherlands (5), Argentina (5), France (5), Sweden (4), Austria (4), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (1), Canada (1), Brazil (1), and to Venezuela (1).
Family name Stanić (including: Stanich , Stanic , Staniec , Stanick , Stanici , Stanichuk , Stanichny , Staniech , Stanichak and Stanics ) is present in 58 countries worldwide. The family name "Stanic " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 500 in Germany , and some 300 people in Yemen. "Stanich " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 200 in Argentina , and some 100 people in Brazil. "Staniec " is used by some 1000 people in Poland , about 400 in the United States , and some 100 people in Japan.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Stanić, Alojz Stanić, Miloš Stanić, Elvis Stanić, Bogdan Stanić, Vera Stanić, Domagoj Stanić, Andreas Stanić, Tatjana Stanić, Arijana Stanić, Ivica Stanić, Dalibor Stanić, Maja Stanić, Zoran Stanić, Gabrijela Stanić, Gordana Stanić, Žana Stanić, Bosiljko Stanić, Zvijezdan Stanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over a hundred times, the first time 1669 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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