Surname Fišter in modern Croatia

Fišter families are Croats and they are mostly from Donja Stubica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pregrada. In Kućanec in Zagreb nearly every inhabitant had the family name Fišter.

Prevalence

About 390 people with faimily name Fišter live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 380 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 45 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Sesvete (30), Gorjakovo (30), Donja Stubica (20), and in Dugo Selo (15).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (3) and the United States (2).
Family name Fišter (including: Fister , Phister , Fiester , Fishter , Pheister , Phiester and Fisther ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Fister " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 700 in Germany , and some 600 people in Brazil. "Fishter " is used by some 80 people in the United States. "Phister " is used by some 300 people in the United States and small number in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Kristina Fišter, Vjekoslav Fišter, Vinko Fišter, Dražen Fišter, Ivan Fišter, Stjepan Fišter, Daniel Fišter, Edvard Fišter, Gordana Fišter, Božica Fišter, Slaven Fišter, Krunoslav Fišter, Marina Fišter, Ines Fišter, Ladislav Fišter, Josip Fišter, Nenad Fišter, Miljenko Fišter, Srećko Fišter

Mentions in sources

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

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