Surname Peia in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Peia families are Croats (from Velika Gorica area ).

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Peia live in Croatia today, in 6 households.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (<5), Sesvete (<5), Velika Gorica (<5), Petrinja (<5), and in Crikvenica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Peia (including: Peya , Peyah , Peiah , Peyya , Peiera and Peehia ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Peia " is used by some 300 people in Romania , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Spain.

Characteristic first names

Gheorghe Peia, Petru Peia, Maria Peia, Mihai Peia, Petria Peia, Ioan Peia, Marta Peia, Slavita Peia, Adela Peia

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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