Surname Pećanić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pećanić families are generally Croats (from Novi Vinodolski ), very rarely Serbs, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Pećanić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Zadar (10), Rijeka (<10), Jakov Polje (<10), and in Crikvenica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pećanić is present in four countries on three continents. The family name "Pecanic " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Brazil , and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Berislav Pećanić, Tajana Pećanić, Petar Pećanić, Damir Pećanić, Željko Pećanić, Davor Pećanić, Vjera Pećanić, Tatjana Pećanić, Tatomir Pećanić, Višnja Pećanić, Domagoj Pećanić, Biserka Pećanić, Branka Pećanić, Matan Pećanić, Anita Pećanić, Draženka Pećanić, Đurđa Pećanić, Silva Pećanić, Milorad Pećanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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