Surname Pečaver in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Pečaver live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zajacko Selo (<10), Grandic Breg (<10), Duga Resa (<10), Selce (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pečaver (including: Pecaver , Pechaver and Pechawer ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. "Pechaver " is used by small number of people in Georgia and small number in the United States. "Pechawer " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Desiree Pečaver, Jadran Pečaver, Blaženka Pečaver, Mario Pečaver, Mladen Pečaver, Marijo Pečaver, Nada Pečaver, Mirjana Pečaver, Marina Pečaver, Jasmina Pečaver, Ljubica Pečaver, Branka Pečaver, Alen Pečaver, Marijan Pečaver, Zdravko Pečaver, Marin Pečaver, Dejan Pečaver, Slavo Pečaver, Stjepan Pečaver

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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