Surname Pust in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Pust live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in five Croatian cities only: in Varazdin (<5), Zagreb (<5), Rijeka (<5), Pula (<5), and in Radmani (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pust (including: Pusthi , Puust , Pushthi , Pusthe , Pushtha , Puest and Pusth ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Pust " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 700 in the United States , and some 200 people in Russian Federation. "Puest " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Draženka Pust, Edvard Pust, Ivka Pust, Jasminka Pust, Anton Pust, Alenka Pust, Silvestra Pust, Ida Pust, Branko Pust, Neda Pust, Nikica Pust, Stjepan Pust, Alojzij Pust, Nada Pust, Ruža Pust, Alojz Pust, Marija Pust, Marije Pust, Matjaž Pust

Mentions in sources

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

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