Surname Stanišić in modern Croatia

Stanišić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula , less frequently Serbs and Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zadar. In Pupnat on the Island of Korcula every ninth inhabitant had the family name Stanišić.

Prevalence

About 780 people with faimily name Stanišić live in Croatia today, in 360 households. There were 700 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 47 cities and 78 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Petrcane (70), Rijeka (70), Karlovac (55), and in Pupnat on the Island of Korcula (45).

Outside Croatia

At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (7), the United States (6), Australia (2), Sweden (2), Canada (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Stanišić (including: Stanisic , Stanisich , Stanishic and Stanissich ) is present in 13 countries worldwide. The family name "Stanisic " is used by some 300 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Stanisich " is used by some 80 people in the United States , small number in New Zealand , and small number of people in Australia. "Stanissich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dubravka Stanišić, Mihovil Stanišić, Ivica Stanišić, Lidija Stanišić, Dražen Stanišić, Nikša Stanišić, Mladen Stanišić, Jurica Stanišić, Duško Stanišić, Ivanka Stanišić, Savo Stanišić, Đuro Stanišić, Božidar Stanišić, Snježana Stanišić, Viki Stanišić, Igor Stanišić, Renata Stanišić, Dina Stanišić, Damir Stanišić

Mentions in sources

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

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