Surname Pečko in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pečko families are Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and on Peljesac Peninsula.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Pečko live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only two Croatian places: in Zagreb (<10) and Putnikovic on the Peljesac peninsula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pečko (including: Pecko , Pechko , Pechenko , Pechayko , Petschko , Peckoo , Peczko , Pecsko , Pechako and Pechiko ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Pecko " is used by some 700 people in Slovakia , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Czech Republic. "Petschko " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in Austria , and small number of people in the United States. "Peckoo " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Pečko, Irena Pečko, Ljiljana Pečko, Domagoj Pečko, Branimir Pečko, Mare Pečko, Kate Pečko, Davorin Pečko, Marija Pečko, Borna Pečko, Mislav Pečko, Dora Pečko, Ana Pečko, Ane Pečko, File Pečko, Frane Pečko, Ivan Pečko, Ivo Pečko, Karmela Pečko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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