Surname Pejčić in modern Croatia

Pejčić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Vukovar area , whereas often Croats (from Backa, Vojvodina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Pejčić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Vukovar (20), Zagreb (15), Osijek (15), Rijeka (10), and in Split (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pejčić (including: Peicic , Pejcic , Peychich , Peicich and Peichich ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Pejcic " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in Gabon , and small number in the United States. "Peychich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Italy. "Peicich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Aleksandra Pejčić, Marijan Pejčić, Radivoje Pejčić, Dragiša Pejčić, Antun Pejčić, Marija Pejčić, Dragutin Pejčić, Goran Pejčić, Časlav Pejčić, Donata Pejčić, Verica Pejčić, Tamara Pejčić, Kristina Pejčić, Snježana Pejčić, Danica Pejčić, Dimitrije Pejčić, Slobodan Pejčić, Zdenko Pejčić, Vesna Pejčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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