Surname Šostar in modern Croatia

Šostar families are Croats and they are mostly from Pozega. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Šostar live in Croatia today, in 30 households.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Pozega (15), Ferdinandovac in Djurdjevac area (10), Zagreb (<10), Pula (<10), and in Knin (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šostar (including: Sostar , Shostar and Soostar ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. "Shostar " is used by few people in Saudi Arabia and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Šostar, Tomislav Šostar, Katarina Šostar, Irena Šostar, Damir Šostar, Snježana Šostar, Ružica Šostar, Krunoslav Šostar, Dorijana Šostar, Branko Šostar, Barica Šostar, Natalija Šostar, Mirjana Šostar, Željko Šostar, Mario Šostar, Nevenka Šostar, Vanja Šostar, Zlatko Šostar, Vjera Šostar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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