Surname Pirš in modern Croatia

Pirš families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Pregrada area. In Kladnik in Pregrada area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Pirš.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Pirš live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Ravno Brezje in Pregrada area (<10), Velika Gorica (<10), Drenovci in Zupanja area (<5), and in Kladnik in Pregrada area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pirš (including: Pirs , Pirsch , Piers , Piersch , Pirsh , Pyrs and Pyrsz ) is present in 53 countries worldwide. "Pirsh " is used by few people in the United States. "Pirsch " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 200 in Mexico , and some 100 people in the United States. "Piers " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 300 in South Africa , and some 300 people in France.

Characteristic first names

Goran Pirš, Ana Pirš, Jožef Pirš, Marija Pirš, Irena Pirš, Vlatka Pirš, Tomislav Pirš, Vesna Pirš, Stjepan Pirš, Božica Pirš, Ivica Pirš, Ninoslav Pirš, Toni Pirš, Marina Pirš, Željko Pirš, Nikolina Pirš, Mario Pirš, Mateja Pirš, Josip Pirš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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