Surname Pear in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Pear live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and two other places, mostly in Otric-Seoci in Vrgorac area (40), Metkovic (<5), Makarska (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Ploce (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pear (including: Pehar , Phear and Peear ) is present in 45 countries worldwide. The family name "Pear " is used by some 3000 people in Bangladesh , about 700 in the United States , and some 400 people in Thailand. "Pehar " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Thailand. "Phear " is used by some 100 people in Cambodia , small number in Zimbabwe , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladenka Pear, Nedjeljka Pear, Mihaela Pear, Marina Pear, Ante Pear, Jozo Pear, Renata Pear, Slavko Pear, Anita Pear, Mario Pear, Drago Pear, Milenko Pear, Ivica Pear, Nevica Pear, Zdenka Pear, Tomislav Pear, Jolanda Pear, Srećko Pear, Ivana Pear

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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