Surname Papišta in modern Croatia

Papišta families are Croats and they are mostly from Zabok. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zabok and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Papišta live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Pavlovec Zabocki (35), Zagreb (25), Jakusevec Zabocki (15), Belisce (10), and in Zabok (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Papišta (including: Papista , Pápista ) is present in 13 countries on three continents. The family name "Papista " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in France. "Pápista " is used by some 300 people in Hungary , about 100 in Greece , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Danko Papišta, Dražen Papišta, Branko Papišta, Anica Papišta, Davorka Papišta, Alen Papišta, Željka Papišta, Antonio Papišta, Igor Papišta, Karolina Papišta, Vjekoslav Papišta, Zlatko Papišta, Ljiljana Papišta, Nikolina Papišta, Ivan Papišta, Renata Papišta, Grozdana Papišta, Vlatka Papišta, Miroslav Papišta

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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