Surname Pelc in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pelc families are generally Croats (from Virovitica area ), very rarely Czechs (from Daruvar ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica and Zagreb. In Gornje Bazje in Virovitica area every fiftieth inhabitant had the family name Pelc.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Pelc live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Hrastelnica (10), Gornje Bazje in Virovitica area (<10), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pelc (including: Pelz , Peltz , Pelcz , Pelch and Pellich ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. The family name "Pelc " is used by some 10000 people in Poland , about 2000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Czech Republic. "Pelz " is used by some 6000 people in Germany , about 1000 in the United States , and some 400 people in Ethiopia. "Peltz " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 500 in Germany , and some 200 people in South Africa.

Characteristic first names

Milan Pelc, Boris Pelc, Katica Pelc, Renata Pelc, Valter Pelc, Krešimir Pelc, Marija Pelc, Željka Pelc, Nataša Pelc, Miroslav Pelc, Branimir Pelc, Josip Pelc, Igor Pelc, Adrian Pelc, Katarina Pelc, Mislav Pelc, Mirjana Pelc, Ivan Pelc, Damir Pelc

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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