Surname Peklić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Peklić families are Croats (from Krizevci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krizevci area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Peklić live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located and 6 other Croatian places, mostly in Gorica Miholecka (<10), Miholec (<10) and Donji Fodrovec (<10) in Krizevci area, Zagreb (<10), and in Zapresic (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Peklić (including: Peklic , Peklich and Peklicz ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. "Peklicz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jasna Peklić, Marina Peklić, Andrej Peklić, Nenad Peklić, Josip Peklić, Valentina Peklić, Borislav Peklić, Marija Peklić, Vlado Peklić, Tomislav Peklić, Ivana Peklić, Kristina Peklić, Ivan Peklić, Blaženka Peklić, Dragutin Peklić, Miroslav Peklić, Ivica Peklić, Branka Peklić, Biljana Peklić

Mentions in sources

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

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