Surname Pfeiffer in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pfeiffer families are almost entirely Croats (from Pleternica ), very rarely Germans (from Vukovar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Split.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Pfeiffer live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and threee other places, mostly in Osijek (<10), Split (<10), Zagreb (<5), Pleternica (<5), and in Miholjacki Porec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pfeiffer (including: Pfeyffer , Pfeieffer ) is present in 80 countries worldwide. The family name "Pfeiffer " is used by some 40000 people in Germany , about 20000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Austria. "Pfeieffer " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Pfeiffer, Magdalena Pfeiffer, Lidija Pfeiffer, Vladimir Pfeiffer, Wolfgang Pfeiffer, Dražen Pfeiffer, Danijel Pfeiffer, Julije Pfeiffer, Tatjana Pfeiffer, Mario Pfeiffer, Vesna Pfeiffer, Aleksandra Pfeiffer, Robert Pfeiffer, Aleksandar Pfeiffer, Marija Pfeiffer, Martin Pfeiffer, Elisabeth Pfeiffer, Matej Pfeiffer, Rudolf Pfeiffer

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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