Surname Peinović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Peinović families are generally Croats (from Pozega area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Peinović live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located and threee other Croatian places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Pozega (<10), Pula (<5), Velika Ostrna (<5), and in Ramanovci in Pozega area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Peinović (including: Peinovic , Peinovich and Peynovich ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. "Peinovich " is used by some 90 people in the United States and small number in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Robert Peinović, Hrvoje Peinović, Ines Peinović, Saša Peinović, Mato Peinović, Jela Peinović, Marija Peinović, Domagoj Peinović, Ilija Peinović, Nada Peinović, Milenko Peinović, Aleksandar Peinović, Siniša Peinović, Andreja Peinović, Eva Peinović, Krsta Peinović, Miroslav Peinović, Milka Peinović, Terezija Peinović

Mentions in sources

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

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