Surname Pirc in modern Croatia

Pirc families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area , rarely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and Zagreb. In Gašparci in Delnice every eighth inhabitant had the family name Pirc.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Pirc live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Pozega (20), Sisak (15), Delnice (15), and in Sveti Djurdj in Ludbreg area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pirc (including: Pierz , Pyrc , Pirch , Pyrch , Pirtz , Pirz , Pierc , Piertz and Pircz ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Pirc " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 90 in Argentina , and some 60 people in Switzerland. "Pirz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Pirtz " is used by some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Pavica Pirc, Andreja Pirc, Dean Pirc, Zlatko Pirc, Snježana Pirc, Vesna Pirc, Marija Pirc, Ante Pirc, Siniša Pirc, Arsen Pirc, Dražen Pirc, Karlo Pirc, Ana Pirc, Zvonko Pirc, Nataša Pirc, Sanja Pirc, Koraljka Pirc, Kornelio Pirc, Ada Pirc

Mentions in sources

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

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