Surname Šoštarec in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Šoštarec live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Donja Lomnica (50), Prelog (15), Zagreb (<10), Bijela Gorica in Zapresic area (<10), and in Osijek (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šoštarec (including: Sostarec , Sostarecz and Schostarez ) is present in three countries on two continents. "Sostarecz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Schostarez " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Šoštarec, Ivan Šoštarec, Renata Šoštarec, Dubravko Šoštarec, Zdenko Šoštarec, Mario Šoštarec, Ivica Šoštarec, Sanja Šoštarec, Marija Šoštarec, Laco Šoštarec, Anita Šoštarec, Damjan Šoštarec, Dubravka Šoštarec, Ana Šoštarec, Zlata Šoštarec, Ančica Šoštarec, Mirjana Šoštarec, Tihomir Šoštarec, Majda Šoštarec

Mentions in sources

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

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