Surname Pristav in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Pristav live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in two Croatian counties and 7 other places, mostly in Dragoslavec in Cakovec area (10), Djurdjenovac in Nasice area (<10), and in Vratisinec (<5), Gornji Kraljevec (<5) and Stanetinec (<5) in Mursko Sredisce area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Pristav is present in 8 countries on three continents. "Pristaw " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jelena Pristav, Dražen Pristav, Stjepan Pristav, Franjo Pristav, Milan Pristav, Gordana Pristav, Mario Pristav, Danijela Pristav, Veronika Pristav, Danijel Pristav, Mirjana Pristav, Bojan Pristav, Josip Pristav, Manuela Pristav, Damir Pristav, Ivan Pristav, Zoran Pristav, Jasmina Pristav, Marija Pristav

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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