Surname Piskor in modern Croatia

Piskor families are Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Piskor live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Virje in Djurdjevac area (15), Zagreb (<10), Novo Virje in Djurdjevac area (<10), Bjelovar (<10), and in Novigrad Podravski in Djurdjevac area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1).
Family name Piskor (including: Piszczor , Piscor , Piescor and Pisczor ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Piskor " is used by some 1000 people in Poland , about 600 in Czech Republic , and some 500 people in the United States. "Piszczor " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Piescor " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Piskor, Franjo Piskor, Katarina Piskor, Davor Piskor, Ljerka Piskor, Petar Piskor, Andrija Piskor, Dragutin Piskor, Zrinka Piskor, Ankica Piskor, Milica Piskor, Željko Piskor, Neven Piskor, Josipa Piskor, Kristijan Piskor, Ivan Piskor, Anka Piskor, Jadranka Piskor, Marijan Piskor

Mentions in sources

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.

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