Surname Starec in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Starec families are generally Croats (from Slatina area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Starec live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Koprivnica (<10), Zagreb (<5), Opatinec (<5), Sesvete (<5), and in Glogovac in Koprivnica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Starec (including: Staretz , Starez ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. "Starez " is used by few people in the United States. "Staretz " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Israel , and small number of people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Branko Starec, Dalibor Starec, Jadranka Starec, Karlo Starec, Ivica Starec, Roberto Starec, Albert Starec, Hrvoje Starec, Ana Starec, Alemka Starec, Stanko Starec, Dragutin Starec, Katarina Starec, Josip Starec, Edo Starec, Slavica Starec, Ivan Starec, Margita Starec, Andrej Starec

Mentions in sources

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

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