Surname Starešinić in modern Croatia

Starešinić families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac. In Protulipa in Ogulin area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Starešinić.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Starešinić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Karlovac (25), Duga Resa (10), and in Bubnjarci (<10) and Brihovo (<10) in Ozalj area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Starešinić (including: Staresinic , Staresinich ) is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Staresinic " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Staresinich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Starešinić, Damir Starešinić, Zvonimir Starešinić, Marijan Starešinić, Josip Starešinić, Vanda Starešinić, Luka Starešinić, Bojan Starešinić, Gordana Starešinić, Ante Starešinić, Emilija Starešinić, Ivana Starešinić, Mladen Starešinić, Jurica Starešinić, Mira Starešinić, Ivan Starešinić, Vesna Starešinić, Anton Starešinić, Toni Starešinić

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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