Surname Šoštarić in modern Croatia

Šoštarić families are Croats and they are mostly from Cabar. According to some sources they are from Pregrade. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cabar. In Lazi in Cabar every third inhabitant had the family name Šoštarić.

Prevalence

About 2100 people with faimily name Šoštarić live in Croatia today, in 870 households. There were 2500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 71 cities and 241 other places, mostly in Zagreb (505), Donja Pacetina in Zabok area (60), Lepoglava (55), Prigorje Brdovecko in Zapresic area (50), and in Gornje Jesenje in Krapina area (50).

Outside Croatia

At least 35 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (12), Canada (4), Australia (4), Switzerland (4), the United States (3), France (3), Austria (2), Spain (1), Sweden (1), and to New Zealand (1).
Family name Šoštarić (including: Sostaric , Sostarich and Shostarich ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Sostaric " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 300 in Argentina , and some 200 people in Canada. "Sostarich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Branko Šoštarić, Dragutin Šoštarić, Siniša Šoštarić, Štefica Šoštarić, Nino Šoštarić, Boris Šoštarić, Ivan Šoštarić, Vibor Šoštarić, Marko Šoštarić, Mirjana Šoštarić, Antun Šoštarić, Tvrtko Šoštarić, Matko Šoštarić, Jasna Šoštarić, Sanja Šoštarić, Vesna Šoštarić, Teodor Šoštarić, Goran Šoštarić, Nada Šoštarić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1669 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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