Surname Pejičić in modern Croatia

Pejičić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and in Bosanian Posavina (Orasje area).

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Pejičić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zupanja (20), Slavonski Brod (10), Osijek (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Djakovo (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Austria (2), Germany (2), and to the United States (1).
Family name Pejičić is present in 13 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Pejičić, Goran Pejičić, Katica Pejičić, Dragan Pejičić, Ivica Pejičić, Ilija Pejičić, Stanimira Pejičić, Neven Pejičić, Lidija Pejičić, Željko Pejičić, Dražen Pejičić, Mario Pejičić, Lovre Pejičić, Jasna Pejičić, Lahorka Pejičić, Mirjana Pejičić, Ivo Pejičić, Vera Pejičić, Pero Pejičić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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