Pekčec families are Croats and they are mostly from Zagreb. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Bjelovar.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Pekčec live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located and 10 other Croatian places, mostly in Sesvete (20), Zagreb (15), Nova Kapela in Vrbovec area (<10), Goranec (<10), and in Ivanic-Grad (<5).
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.