Surname Pejar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pejar families are Croats (from Metkovic ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and Drnis.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Pejar live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Metkovic (<10), Dubrovnik (<10), Vid (<10), and in Zadar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pejar (including: Peettar , Peetar , Peelar , Phejar , Peear and Peyar ) is present in 8 countries worldwide. "Peear " is used by few people in the United States. "Peetar " is used by few people in the United States. "Peelar " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Pejar, Anton Pejar, Davor Pejar, Jurica Pejar, Ivanka Pejar, Stane Pejar, Tihomir Pejar, Josip Pejar, Ivana Pejar, Ante Pejar, Stanko Pejar, Ivo Pejar, Iva Pejar, Kata Pejar, Margareta Pejar, Vinko Pejar, Jasminka Pejar, Marinko Pejar, Jerko Pejar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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