Surname Prister in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Prister families are almost entirely Croats (from Osijek area ), barely Bosniaks (from Zagreb ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Prister live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Rezovac (<10), Virovitica (<10), Osijek (<5), and in Bizovac in Valpovo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Prister is present in 36 countries worldwide. The family name "Prister " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 90 in Italy , and some 50 people in Belgium. "Priester " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 700 in Germany , and some 500 people in the Netherlands.

Characteristic first names

Željko Prister, Fahira Prister, Guido Prister, Boris Prister, Sanja Prister, Lada Prister, Gvido Prister, Darko Prister, Saša Prister, Katica Prister, Jožef Prister, Denis Prister, Bruno Prister, Snežana Prister, Alen Prister, Damir Prister, Dragica Prister, Roza Prister, Zvonimir Prister

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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