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Surname Pejić in modern Croatia
Pejić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Bosanske krajine. According to some sources they are from Herzegovina (Sovici), and rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Tuzla Region, Bosnia (Tuzla area) and in Bosnian Krajina (Teslic area). In Smionica in Middle Bosnia every third inhabitant had the family name Pejić.
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Prevalence
About 2900 people with faimily name Pejić live in Croatia today, in 1200 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 90 cities and 332 other places, mostly in Zagreb (555), Zupanja (120), Osijek (95), Split (85), and in Rijeka (75).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Pejić (including: Pejic , Peyich and Pejich ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Pejic " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 500 in Canada , and some 500 people in the United States. "Pejich " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Goran Pejić,
Marinko Pejić,
Ivana Pejić,
Davor Pejić,
Zlatko Pejić,
Ivanka Pejić,
Dražen Pejić,
Zvonimir Pejić,
Tomo Pejić,
Zoran Pejić,
Stipe Pejić,
Zdravko Pejić,
Irving Pejić,
Ilija Pejić,
Ivan Pejić,
Vinko Pejić,
Predrag Pejić,
Drago Pejić,
Ivica Pejić
