Surname Peica in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Peica families are almost entirely Croats (from Donji Miholjac area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and in Donji Miholjac area.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Peica live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and threee other places, mostly in Viljevo in Donji Miholjac area (20), Zagreb (10), Koprivnica (<10), Donji Miholjac (<5), and in Zabok (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Peica (including: Peycha , Peizza ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. "Peizza " is used by few people in the United States. "Peycha " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Peica, Jadranko Peica, Slavica Peica, Diana Peica, Daliborka Peica, Željka Peica, Marko Peica, Vladimir Peica, Suzana Peica, Antonio Peica, Ivan Peica, Irena Peica, Emina Peica, Sabina Peica, Martin Peica, Daniel Peica, Mihaela Peica, Nikola Peica, Božidar Peica

Mentions in sources

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

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