Surname Pek in modern Croatia

Pek families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zapresic.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Pek live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Gornje Jesenje in Krapina area (25), Osijek (15), Bracevci in Djakovo area (15), and in Pojatno (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pek (including: Peck , Peek , Pec , Pekh , Pechko , Pechka , Pekk , Phek and Peq ) is present in 144 countries worldwide. "Peck " is used by some 50000 people in the United States , about 4000 in Great Britain , and some 2000 people in Canada. "Peek " is used by some 10000 people in the United States , about 2000 in the Netherlands , and some 800 people in Germany. "Pecz " is used by small number of people in Poland and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Pek, Edgar Pek, Gordana Pek, Marina Pek, Josipa Pek, Marija Pek, Danijel Pek, Dragutin Pek, Mladen Pek, Aleksandra Pek, Mirko Pek, Oliver Pek, Maja Pek, Vladimir Pek, Srebrenka Pek, Tomislav Pek, Karmen Pek, Vesna Pek, Robert Pek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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