In Croatia, Stihović families are Croats (from Pazin ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Pazin.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Stihović live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Lindar (10), Pula (<10), and in Bazgalji in Pazin area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Stihović (including: Stihovic , Stihovich ) is present in four countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.