Surname Pisk in modern Croatia

Pisk families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Pisk live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Podgorje Bistricko in Zlatar area (40), Zagreb (35), Marija Bistrica in Zlatar area (15), Mihovljan in Krapina area (10), and in Karlovac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pisk (including: Pisch , Pischke , Piszcz , Pisci , Pysk , Piesk , Pischka , Pisc and Piszk ) is present in 55 countries worldwide. The family name "Pisk " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Czech Republic , and some 60 people in Russian Federation. "Pischke " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 700 in the United States , and some 100 people in Afghanistan. "Pischka " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Krunoslav Pisk, Tomislav Pisk, Zoja Pisk, Renato Pisk, Josip Pisk, Silvija Pisk, Andrija Pisk, Damir Pisk, Ivan Pisk, Ivica Pisk, Željko Pisk, Snježana Pisk, Darko Pisk, Siniša Pisk, Željka Pisk, Vesna Pisk, Jadranka Pisk, Julijo Pisk, Milena Pisk

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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