Surname Pfeifer in modern Croatia

Pfeifer families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Pfeifer live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Osijek (15), Cakovec (10), Split (10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pfeifer (including: Pfeiffer , Pfeyfer , Pfeyffer , Pffeifer and Pfeiefer ) is present in 96 countries worldwide. The family name "Pfeifer " is used by some 20000 people in Germany , about 10000 in the United States , and some 3000 people in Brazil. "Pfeiefer " is used by few people in the United States. "Pfeiffer " is used by some 40000 people in Germany , about 20000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Dina Pfeifer, Sanja Pfeifer, Mladen Pfeifer, Zoran Pfeifer, Gordana Pfeifer, Vlado Pfeifer, Gerhard Pfeifer, Vinka Pfeifer, Danijel Pfeifer, Vlasta Pfeifer, Goran Pfeifer, Blaženka Pfeifer, Višnja Pfeifer, Ivana Pfeifer, Stanko Pfeifer, Viktor Pfeifer, Lovorka Pfeifer, Marija Pfeifer, Jožef Pfeifer

Mentions in sources

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

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