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Surname Starešina in modern Croatia
Starešina families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada area. According to some sources s the Island of Silba. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac. In Martinski Vrh in Ozalj area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Starešina.
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Prevalence
About 170 people with faimily name Starešina live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Razvor in Pregrada area (25), Zorkovac na Kupi (25), Ivanovac in Osijek area (15), and in Karlovac (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Starešina (including: Staresina , Stareshina ) is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Staresina " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Stareshina " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Vilim Starešina,
Darko Starešina,
Živana Starešina,
Željko Starešina,
Sanja Starešina,
Radmila Starešina,
Željkica Starešina,
Mladen Starešina,
Davor Starešina,
Sandra Starešina,
Štefica Starešina,
Milan Starešina,
Sonja Starešina,
Denis Starešina,
Domagoj Starešina,
Elena Starešina,
Slavica Starešina,
Nikolina Starešina,
Amra Starešina
