Pintur families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Jastrebarsko. In Volavje in Jastrebarsko every fourth inhabitant had the family name Pintur.
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Pintur live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Volavje (45), Pristeg (30), Zagreb (15), Zadar (15), and in Rijeka (10).
Outside Croatia
At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Australia (1), and to Canada (1). Family name Pintur is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Pintur " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Romania.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.