Surname Sternad in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sternad families are almost entirely Croats (from Tivat, Montenegro ), very rarely Slovenes (from Cakovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Sternad live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 7 other places, mostly in Novo Selo Rok (<10), Pula (<10), Mihovljan (<10), Cakovec (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sternad is present in 17 countries on four continents. The family name "Sternad " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 200 in Austria , and some 90 people in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Vilena Sternad, Janja Sternad, Kristijan Sternad, Nataša Sternad, Mladen Sternad, Edvard Sternad, Josip Sternad, Gordan Sternad, Srečko Sternad, Ana Sternad, Ivica Sternad, Marjan Sternad, Franjo Sternad, Stanislav Sternad, Dragica Sternad, Branko Sternad, Marija Sternad, Ivan Sternad, Snježana Sternad

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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