Surname Pečić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pečić families are Croats (from Ivanic-Grad area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ivanic-Grad area.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Pečić live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Klostar Ivanic in Ivanic-Grad area (15), Zarovnica (<10), Oroslavje (<10), Orubica in Nova Gradiska area (<10), and in Varazdin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pečić (including: Pecic , Petschick , Petschnig , Peckich , Pechnick , Petschi , Pechich , Pechic , Petschik and Pecich ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Pecic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Austria , and small number of people in Germany. "Pecich " is used by few people in the United States. "Peckich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Pečić, Denis Pečić, Josip Pečić, Goran Pečić, Bela Pečić, Branko Pečić, Ana Pečić, Martina Pečić, Ivan Pečić, Ankica Pečić, Nevenka Pečić, Mladen Pečić, Slavko Pečić, Mario Pečić, Stjepan Pečić, Vlado Pečić, Dragica Pečić, Marina Pečić, Snježana Pečić

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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