In Croatia, Pirkl families are generally Croats (from Bosnian Krajina ), rarely Czechs (from Pleternica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area). In Bosnian Posavina every eighth inhabitant had the family name Pirkl.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Pirkl live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Sibinj in Slavonski Brod area (10), Oriovac in Pleternica area (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).
