Pekas families are Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and in Nin area. In Gradina in Sibenik every tenth inhabitant had the family name Pekas.
Prevalence
About 170 people with faimily name Pekas live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Lozovac (30), Sibenik (20), Rtina in Nin area (15), and in Zadar (15).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.