Surname Peha in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Peha families are generally Croats (from Zupanja area ), very rarely Bosniaks (also from Zupanja area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zupanja area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Peha live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in one city and two other places, mostly in Babina Greda in Zupanja area (15), Zagreb (<10), and in Velika Kopanica in Djakovo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Peha (including: Pecha , Peetha , Petha , Pechta , Pechka , Pechara , Pethia , Pechia and Peecha ) is present in 52 countries worldwide. The family name "Peha " is used by some 100 people in Indonesia , about 90 in the United States , and some 90 people in Cameroon. "Pecha " is used by some 2000 people in Czech Republic , about 1000 in the United States , and some 400 people in the Philippines. "Peetha " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tanja Peha, Dražen Peha, Antonio Peha, Branko Peha, Suzana Peha, Ivan Peha, Alek Peha, Blanka Peha, Natalija Peha, Eduard Peha, Sabina Peha, Ana Peha, Ivo Peha, Antun Peha, Ljiljana Peha, Tibor Peha, Željko Peha, Vera Peha, Marija Peha

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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