In Croatia, Peer families are generally Croats (from Hrvatska Kostajnica ), very rarely Serbs, and barely Poles (from Nova Gradiska area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Peer live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Hrvatska Kostajnica (<10), Pregrada (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Karlovac (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Peer (including: Peher , Pheer ) is present in 78 countries worldwide. The family name "Peer " is used by some 5000 people in Pakistan , about 4000 in the United States , and some 3000 people in South Africa.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
