In Croatia, Pizek families are Croats (from Varazdin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb. In Tužno in Varazdin area every nintieth inhabitant had the family name Pizek.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Pizek live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in only four naselja i to in Varazdin (25), Sukosan in Zadar area (<5), Tuzno in Varazdin area (<5), and in Ivanec (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pizek (including: Pizzeck , Pizhek ) is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Pizek " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Pizzeck " is used by some 80 people in the United States.
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.