In Croatia, Pekar families are generally Croats (from Zupanja area ), very rarely Slovaks (also from Zupanja area ), and barely Hungarians (from Pakrac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zupanja area and in Rijeka.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Pekar live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and four other places, mostly in Zupanja (15), Soljani in Zupanja area (10), Klana in Opatija area (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Slatina (<10).