Surname Pekić in modern Croatia

Pekić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Pozega area. According to some sources they are from Gradac near Ploce, rarely Serbs, and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Zadar. In Međeđak Utinjski in Duga Resa area every third inhabitant had the family name Pekić.

Prevalence

About 500 people with faimily name Pekić live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 450 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 42 cities and 49 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Medjedjak Utinjski in Duga Resa area (35), Karlovac (30), Solin (25), and in Osijek (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), Sweden (3), the United States (2), Australia (2), and to Austria (2).
Family name Pekić (including: Pekic , Pekich , Pecic , Peckich and Pechnick ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Pekic " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 80 people in Australia. "Pekich " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Peckich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Natalija Pekić, Anto Pekić, Mirsad Pekić, Emir Pekić, Dražen Pekić, Leride Pekić, Petar Pekić, Senad Pekić, Ana Pekić, Srećko Pekić, Ljubomir Pekić, Mato Pekić, Krešimir Pekić, Bela Pekić, Milica Pekić, Goran Pekić, Marinko Pekić, Željko Pekić, Ivan Pekić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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