Surname Primus in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Primus families are Croats (from Pozega ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and Pakrac.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Primus live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Pozega (<10), Dervisaga (<10), Kuzmica (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Koprivnica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Primus (including: Prymus , Primusz , Primush and Priemus ) is present in 67 countries worldwide. The family name "Primus " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Tanzania , and some 1000 people in Malaysia. "Prymus " is used by some 200 people in Poland , about 100 in Czech Republic , and some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Primus, Dražen Primus, Dijana Primus, Marica Primus, Slavko Primus, Davorka Primus, Ivan Primus, Stevo Primus, Nada Primus, Terezija Primus, Hana Primus, Marija Primus, Zlatko Primus, Kornelija Primus, Mara Primus, Albina Primus, Ivana Primus, Željko Primus, Teodor Primus

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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