Surname Istenić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Istenić families are Croats (from Pljevlja, Montenegro ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pljevlja, Montenegro.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Istenić live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Split (<5) and Omis (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Istenić (including: Istenic , Istenich ) is present in 7 countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Istenić, Marija Istenić, Seka Istenić, Irena Istenić, Ana Istenić, Dora Istenić, Božena Istenić, Branko Istenić, Davorin Istenić, Franc Istenić, Jožica Istenić, Marta Istenić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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