Surname Pejnović in modern Croatia

Pejnović families are often Croats and they are mostly from Gospic , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Gospic. In Klenovac in Gospic area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Pejnović.

Prevalence

About 400 people with faimily name Pejnović live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 530 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 36 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Gospic (45), Sisak (20), Slavonski Brod (20), and in Rijeka (15). They were recorded in Middle Bosnia near Žepče.

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (6), Germany (2), Canada (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Pejnović (including: Pejnovic , Peinovich , Pejnovich , Peynovich and Pelynovich ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Pejnovic " is used by some 100 people in Peru , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Pejnovich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Peinovich " is used by some 90 people in the United States and small number in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Jadranka Pejnović, Dane Pejnović, Snježana Pejnović, Zdenka Pejnović, Tomo Pejnović, Mario Pejnović, Jelica Pejnović, Joso Pejnović, Darko Pejnović, Milivoj Pejnović, Valentina Pejnović, Dubravko Pejnović, Mirjana Pejnović, Zdravko Pejnović, Davor Pejnović, Petar Pejnović, Andrija Pejnović, Veselin Pejnović, Pavao Pejnović

Mentions in sources

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

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