Family name Pristav (Pristav 
, Пристав 
) , in all the world, is a rare cognomen. The cognomen Pristav is habitual in Croatia, where it is a rare surname, Ukraine, and Georgia, where it is a very rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Ukraine, Croatia, and Germany. Much less frequently, Pristav is the forename as well as the last name.