Pižir families are Croats and they are mostly from Donja Stubica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Donja Stubica area. In Šagudovec in Donja Stubica area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Pižir.
Prevalence
About 130 people with faimily name Pižir live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Sagudovec in Donja Stubica area (20), Sesvete (10), Kasina (10), and in Ivanic-Grad (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (7) and Germany (3). Family name Pižir is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Pizir " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.
