Surname Pištelek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pištelek families are Croats (from Omis area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Omis area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Pištelek live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Vukovar (<10), Umag (<5), Dvor in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pištelek is present in two countries.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Pištelek, Mate Pištelek, Željko Pištelek, Mario Pištelek, Snježana Pištelek, Dinko Pištelek, Tajana Pištelek, Silvijo Pištelek, Tihomir Pištelek, Jadranka Pištelek, Ljubica Pištelek, Jakov Pištelek, Ivana Pištelek, Vedrana Pištelek, Milica Pištelek, Marija Pištelek, Josip Pištelek, Drago Pištelek, Ružica Pištelek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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