Surname Peko in modern Croatia

Peko families are Croats and they are mostly from Ploce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Imotsko.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Peko live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Split (45), Krivodol in Imotski area (25), Gradac in Ploce area (20), Komin (20), and in Zagreb (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Peko (including: Peco , Pecho , Pheko , Pecko , Pechko , Phekoo , Pekho , Pekko and Peckoo ) is present in 87 countries worldwide. The family name "Peko " is used by some 300 people in Ivory Coast , about 200 in Hungary , and some 200 people in the United States , some 200 people in South Africa. "Pecko " is used by some 700 people in Slovakia , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Czech Republic. "Peckoo " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anđelka Peko, Ivo Peko, Ivan Peko, Zdravko Peko, Lukša Peko, Goran Peko, Ante Peko, Anita Peko, Boris Peko, Ivica Peko, Frane Peko, Tonći Peko, Zlatko Peko, Srećko Peko, Pero Peko, Marija Peko, Dragana Peko, Marina Peko, Slavica Peko

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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