Surname Bister in modern Croatia

Bister families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Prelog area and in Mursko Sredisce area.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Bister live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Cakovec (10), and in Dekanovec (<10), Domasinec (<10) and Palinovec (<10) in Prelog area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Bister (including: Biester , Byster , Bierster and Bisther ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Bister " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in France. "Biester " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and small number of people in the Netherlands. "Byster " is used by some 70 people in the United States , about 50 in Poland , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Bister, Slađana Bister, Jasmina Bister, Dragica Bister, Nevenka Bister, Dražen Bister, Nenad Bister, Marijana Bister, Karolina Bister, Mladen Bister, Krešimir Bister, Suzana Bister, Josip Bister, Marijan Bister, Antun Bister, Ana Bister, Zvonimir Bister, Marija Bister, Ljubica Bister

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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