Surname Pekica in modern Croatia

Pekica families are Croats and they are mostly from Pula. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Labin area.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Pekica live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Pula (20), Stokovci in Labin area (15), Zagreb (10), Vodnjan in Pula area (<10), and in Svetvincenat in Labin area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pekica (including: Peciccia , Pecica , Pechizza , Pekiza and Pecherica ) is present in 8 countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Andi Pekica, Ognjen Pekica, Ljiljana Pekica, Valter Pekica, Darko Pekica, Snježana Pekica, Marija Pekica, Iva Pekica, Zlatko Pekica, Danijela Pekica, Ivica Pekica, Nadja Pekica, Sandro Pekica, Marinela Pekica, Severina Pekica, Kristian Pekica, Mirko Pekica, Aldo Pekica, Serđo Pekica

Mentions in sources

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.

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