Surname Pečar in modern Croatia

Pečar families are Croats and they are mostly from Bjelovar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Pečar live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Bjelovar (10), Bedenik in Bjelovar area (<10), Velika Kosnica (<10), and in Severin in Bjelovar area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pečar (including: Pechar , Pecar , Petschar , Pecsar , Pechakar , Peciar , Pechkar , Peckar , Peechar and Peczar ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. The family name "Pecar " is used by some 400 people in Ethiopia , about 200 in the United States , and some 60 people in Argentina. "Pechar " is used by some 500 people in Czech Republic , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Argentina. "Petschar " is used by some 100 people in Austria , small number in Germany , and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Osvin Pečar, Nadia Pečar, Julijana Pečar, Sanja Pečar, Nada Pečar, Jelena Pečar, Snježana Pečar, Kristjan Pečar, Zrinka Pečar, Mario Pečar, Mirela Pečar, Zdravko Pečar, Nikola Pečar, Danijela Pečar, Bojan Pečar, Urša Pečar, Mirko Pečar, Stjepan Pečar, Vladislava Pečar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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