Surname Pešić in modern Croatia

Pešić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Vodice , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vodice and Split. In Čista Velika in Vodice every fourth inhabitant had the family name Pešić.

Prevalence

About 680 people with faimily name Pešić live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 310 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 43 cities and 45 other places, mostly in Zagreb (115), Biograd na moru (105), Cista Velika (90), Omis (80), and in Sibenik (30).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), Switzerland (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Pešić (including: Pesic , Pesich , Peshich , Peshic , Pesick , Peshtich , Peshick , Peschick and Pesics ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Pesic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Germany , and some 70 people in France. "Pesich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Argentina , and small number of people in Australia. "Pesick " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Borislav Pešić, Drago Pešić, Zvonko Pešić, Mladen Pešić, Paula Pešić, Krunoslav Pešić, Rado Pešić, Boris Pešić, Jablan Pešić, Vesna Pešić, Dubravka Pešić, Dražen Pešić, Zora Pešić, Dinko Pešić, Šimun Pešić, Mario Pešić, Ivica Pešić, Dragan Pešić, Branko Pešić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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