Surname Pekeč in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pekeč families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slunj area and in Zagreb. In Begovo Brdo in Slunj area every third inhabitant had the family name Pekeč.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Pekeč live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Klokoc in Duga Resa area (10), Cetingrad in Slunj area (<10), Tici (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pekeč (including: Pekeche , Pekec , Pekech , Pecec , Pecheck and Phekeche ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. "Pekech " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Pecheck " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tatjana Pekeč, Darko Pekeč, Alen Pekeč, Milan Pekeč, Zoran Pekeč, Maja Pekeč, Davor Pekeč, Saša Pekeč, Stanko Pekeč, Zdravko Pekeč, Nada Pekeč, Nenad Pekeč, Sandra Pekeč, Igor Pekeč, Vlado Pekeč, Robert Pekeč, Željko Pekeč, Danijel Pekeč, Dušan Pekeč

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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