Surname Pintarić in modern Croatia

Pintarić families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. According to some sources they originate from Hungary. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cakovec. In Vukovoj in Ivanec area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Pintarić.

Prevalence

About 2500 people with faimily name Pintarić live in Croatia today, in 1100 households. There were 2500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 60 cities and 271 other places, mostly in Zagreb (410), Varazdin (140), Cakovec (125), Koprivnica (115), and in Nedelisce in Cakovec area (85).

Outside Croatia

At least 25 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (11), Australia (5), Canada (4), the United States (3), Argentina (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Pintarić (including: Pintaric , Pintarich , Pintarics and Pintaritsch ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. "Pintarich " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Austria , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Antun Pintarić, Adam Pintarić, Boris Pintarić, Snježana Pintarić, Jadranka Pintarić, Dinko Pintarić, Neven Pintarić, Kornelija Pintarić, Irena Pintarić, Svetlana Pintarić, Krešimir Pintarić, Vikica Pintarić, Ana Pintarić, Zvonimir Pintarić, Tomislav Pintarić, Darko Pintarić, Željko Pintarić, Ivan Pintarić, Stanko Pintarić

Mentions in sources

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

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