In Croatia, Papst families are generally Croats (from Bosnian Posavina ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Varazdin area.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Papst live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located and another small Croatian place , mostly in Zagreb (<10), Karlovac (<10), Vinkovci (<5), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Velika Mlaka (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Papst is present in 30 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.