Surname Firšt in modern Croatia

Firšt families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Pregrada area. In Donji Jalšovec in Pregrada area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Firšt.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Firšt live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Koprivnica (15), Kutina (10), and in Druskovec Humski (10) and Grletinec (10) in Pregrada area.

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Sweden (2), Germany (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Firšt (including: First , Fürst , Fierst , Firszt , Firsht , Fiirst , Fyrst and Fierszt ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. The family name "First " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 200 in Japan , and some 200 people in Great Britain. "Firsht " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Israel. "Fierst " is used by some 700 people in the United States , small number in the Netherlands , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Lidija Firšt, Damir Firšt, Boris Firšt, Almica Firšt, Blaženka Firšt, Branko Firšt, Josip Firšt, Alen Firšt, Danijela Firšt, Zdenka Firšt, Ana Firšt, Dragutin Firšt, Tamara Firšt, Nataša Firšt, Ivan Firšt, Jasna Firšt, Mirjana Firšt, Dražen Firšt, Marijana Firšt

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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