Pospiš families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. According to some sources the family name originates from Slovakia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krapina and in Krapina area.
Prevalence
About 140 people with faimily name Pospiš live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are only located in four Croatian cities and 13 other places, mostly in Radoboj in Krapina area (70), Zagreb (15), Krapina (15), Varazdin (10), and in Lepajci (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pospiš is present in 6 countries on two continents. The family name "Pospis " is used by some 200 people in Slovakia and small number in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.