Pehar families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. According to some sources the family name originates from Czechia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Mostar area) and in Herzegovina (Citluk area). In Stubica in Middle Bosnia every second inhabitant had the family name Pehar.
Prevalence
About 700 people with faimily name Pehar live in Croatia today, in 280 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 56 other places, mostly in Zagreb (215), Metkovic (95), Split (40), Makarska (40), and in Slavonski Brod (35).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.
