Surname Pišpek in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Pišpek live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Kotoriba in Prelog area (15), Ludbreg (<10), Globocec Ludbreski (<10), and in Slavonski Brod (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Australia (1).
Family name Pišpek (including: Püspök , Pishpek and Pispek ) is present in 11 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Roberta Pišpek, Alen Pišpek, Andrea Pišpek, Biserka Pišpek, Branko Pišpek, Mladen Pišpek, Slađana Pišpek, Zvonko Pišpek, Ornela Pišpek, Željko Pišpek, Tamara Pišpek, Zvonimir Pišpek, Josip Pišpek, Zlatko Pišpek, Marin Pišpek, Tatjana Pišpek, Jadranka Pišpek, Đuro Pišpek, Dragutin Pišpek

Mentions in sources

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.

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