Surname Vištica in modern Croatia

Vištica families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Ljubuski area) and in Metkovic.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Vištica live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Metkovic (35), Zagreb (35), Opuzen (20), Podgradina in Opuzen area (15), and in Ploce (15).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Switzerland (1).
Family name Vištica is present in 9 countries on two continents. The family name "Vistica " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Olinka Vištica, Nikola Vištica, Saša Vištica, Ruža Vištica, Frano Vištica, Krešo Vištica, Boris Vištica, Krunoslav Vištica, Biserka Vištica, Slavko Vištica, Ivica Vištica, Bruno Vištica, Tonći Vištica, Vinko Vištica, Snježana Vištica, Marina Vištica, Julija Vištica, Andrej Vištica, Vido Vištica

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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