Surname Pešo in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Pešo live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Split (45), Osijek (30), Ugljane in Sinj area (30), Zagreb (25), and in Strmendolac in Sinj area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), Germany (2), and to Australia (1).
Family name Pešo (including: Peso , Peshko , Pesso , Pesho , Peschko , Pessio , Peschon , Peeso , Pescho and Pessao ) is present in 60 countries worldwide. "Pesho " is used by some 100 people in Bulgaria , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Kenya. "Pescho " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Pesso " is used by some 500 people in Brazil , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Israel.

Characteristic first names

Jakov Pešo, Neven Pešo, Zvonko Pešo, Damir Pešo, Ksenija Pešo, Robert Pešo, Marin Pešo, Monika Pešo, Boris Pešo, Ivica Pešo, Dušan Pešo, Danijela Pešo, Ante Pešo, Iris Pešo, Nenad Pešo, Ivana Pešo, Sanela Pešo, Tihana Pešo, Slavko Pešo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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