Surname Pifar in modern Croatia

Pifar families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Slavonski Brod. In Vidulini in Pazin area every second inhabitant had the family name Pifar.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Pifar live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (10), Rovinj (10), Pula (10), Bale in Rovinj area (<10), and in Strmac in Labin area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the Netherlands (1), Sweden (1), the United States (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Pifar (including: Pifarr , Piffar ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Pifar " is used by few people in Indonesia and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Pifar, Nikola Pifar, Serđo Pifar, Petra Pifar, Iva Pifar, Marija Pifar, Siniša Pifar, Milan Pifar, Sanja Pifar, Emanuela Pifar, Andrija Pifar, Karmela Pifar, Drago Pifar, Ivica Pifar, Damir Pifar, Danijela Pifar, Slobodan Pifar, Nevija Pifar, Helena Pifar

Mentions in sources

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.

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