Surname Peher in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Peher families are Croats (from Velika Gorica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Velika Gorica and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Peher live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Obrezina (15), Selnica Scitarjevska (<10), and in Vir in Nin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Peher (including: Pecher , Pether , Pechter , Peecher , Pechler , Pechier , Pechner , Pechauer and Pecherer ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. "Pecher " is used by some 4000 people in Germany , about 1000 in France , and some 600 people in the United States. "Pechter " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 70 in Japan , and some 60 people in Israel. "Pechler " is used by some 200 people in Indonesia , about 100 in the Netherlands , and some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nada Peher, Marijana Peher, Dubravko Peher, Snežana Peher, Marija Peher, Jadranko Peher, Zvonimir Peher, Josip Peher, Jela Peher, Barica Peher, Danica Peher, Milka Peher, Stjepan Peher, Željko Peher, Mate Peher, Karla Peher, Andrej Peher, Adriana Peher, Vita Peher

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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