Surname Piščević in modern Croatia

Piščević families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Obrovac area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Garesnica. In Mutilić in Obrovac area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Piščević.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Piščević live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Daruvar (<10), Sesvete (<10), Novi Mihaljevci (<10), and in Uljanik (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Piščević (including: Piscevic , Piscevich ) is present in four countries on two continents. "Piscevich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jasna Piščević, Veljko Piščević, Đurđa Piščević, Antun Piščević, Milorad Piščević, Marina Piščević, Ana Piščević, Marinko Piščević, Nevenka Piščević, Jasminka Piščević, Tina Piščević, Darko Piščević, Goran Piščević, Željka Piščević, Ljiljana Piščević, Zoran Piščević, Marin Piščević, Mladen Piščević, Marko Piščević

Mentions in sources

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

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