In Croatia, Pitzek families are mainly Croats (from Pakrac ), rarely Czechs (also from Pakrac ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac. In Prekopakra in Pakrac every seventieth inhabitant had the family name Pitzek.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Pitzek live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Pakrac (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pitzek is present in five countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.