Surname Pitner in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pitner families are generally Croats (from Garesnica ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Pitner live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Varazdin (10), Zagreb (<10), Malo Vukovje (<10), Osijek (<5), and in Belisce (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pitner (including: Pittner , Püttner and Pytner ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Pitner " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 200 in Czech Republic , and some 70 people in France. "Pittner " is used by some 800 people in Germany , about 600 in the United States , and some 400 people in Slovakia.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Pitner, Marina Pitner, Dunja Pitner, Željka Pitner, Goran Pitner, Nevenka Pitner, Igor Pitner, Danijela Pitner, Mario Pitner, Marija Pitner, Eduard Pitner, Vladimir Pitner, Mira Pitner, Marica Pitner, Božica Pitner, Karl Pitner, Margareta Pitner, Velimir Pitner, Josip Pitner

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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