Surname Pejaković in modern Croatia

Pejaković families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Nova Gradiska area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Petrinja and Sisak. In Oštri Vrh in Nova Gradiska area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Pejaković.

Prevalence

About 640 people with faimily name Pejaković live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 490 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 42 cities and 71 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Rijeka (30), Petrinja (30), Zupanja (25), and in Nova Gradiska (25).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Norway (2), France (1), the Netherlands (1), Germany (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Pejaković (including: Pejakovic , Pejakovich , Peyakovich and Peyakovic ) is present in 18 countries on three continents. "Pejakovich " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Peyakovich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Peyakovic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branko Pejaković, Zlatko Pejaković, Ivo Pejaković, Damir Pejaković, Tomislav Pejaković, Mladen Pejaković, Zlatka Pejaković, Anđelka Pejaković, Mirjana Pejaković, Ljiljana Pejaković, Ranko Pejaković, Branimir Pejaković, Maja Pejaković, Robert Pejaković, Goran Pejaković, Darija Pejaković, Milan Pejaković, Siniša Pejaković, Sanela Pejaković

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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