Surname Šantić in modern Croatia

Šantić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Brac. According to some sources they are from Bistra in Hrvatsko Zagorje. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb. In places Šantići and Donja Rovna in Middle Bosnia every eighth inhabitant had the family name Šantić.

Prevalence

About 1000 people with faimily name Šantić live in Croatia today, in 450 households. There were 1000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 56 cities and 122 other places, mostly in Zagreb (160), Split (115), Postira on the Island of Brac (90), Trogir (45), and in Tribunj (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (5), Sweden (2), Germany (2), Switzerland (2), Belgium (1), Australia (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Šantić (including: Santic , Santich , Shantic , Santics and Santick ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Santic " is used by some 300 people in Chile , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Australia. "Santich " is used by some 200 people in Argentina , some 200 people in the United States , and some 80 people in Australia. "Shantic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Srebrenka Šantić, Tatjana Šantić, Ante Šantić, Veljko Šantić, Marko Šantić, Slavko Šantić, Zvonko Šantić, Ana Šantić, Zdenko Šantić, Mate Šantić, Livia Šantić, Marina Šantić, Berislav Šantić, Ivana Šantić, Domagoj Šantić, Maja Šantić, Alen Šantić, Darko Šantić, Krešimir Šantić

Mentions in sources

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

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