Surname Pešt in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pešt families are Croats (from Oroslavje ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Oroslavje.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Pešt live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Zagreb (15), Krusljevo Selo (15), Oroslavje (<5), and in Brezje in Samobor area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pešt (including: Pest , Pesht , Pessot , Peshut , Pesthy , Pesset , Pessat , Pescht , Peszt and Pesth ) is present in 55 countries worldwide. The family name "Pest " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 300 people in the Philippines. "Pescht " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Pesth " is used by few people in Canada and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Pešt, Zoran Pešt, Magdalena Pešt, Jadranko Pešt, Mirjana Pešt, Branko Pešt, Nadica Pešt, Damir Pešt, Stjepan Pešt, Igor Pešt, Branka Pešt, Višnja Pešt, Danijel Pešt, Milan Pešt, Ivica Pešt, Diana Pešt, Željko Pešt, Jadranka Pešt, Robert Pešt

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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