Peharec families are Croats and they are mostly from Zabok area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zabok area.
Prevalence
About 130 people with faimily name Peharec live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Zapresic (20), in Veliko Trgovisce (20) and Domahovo (15) in Zabok area, and in Pula (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.