Surname Penc in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Penc families are Croats (from Djakovo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo area and in Middle Bosnia (Sarajevo area).

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Penc live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), Mandicevac in Djakovo area (<10), Vodnjan in Pula area (<5), Djakovo (<5), and in Drenje in Djakovo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Penc (including: Pentz , Penz , Pencz , Peenz , Penzzi and Pench ) is present in 47 countries worldwide. The family name "Penc " is used by some 400 people in Czech Republic , about 80 in the United States , and some 60 people in Pakistan , some 60 people in Poland. "Pentz " is used by some 3000 people in South Africa , about 2000 in the United States , and some 600 people in Germany. "Pencz " is used by some 300 people in Hungary , about 100 in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Penc, Stjepan Penc, Đuro Penc, Davorin Penc, Zdravko Penc, Antun Penc, Viktor Penc, Danijel Penc, Ivan Penc, Štefica Penc, Stevo Penc, Milan Penc, Ljiljana Penc, Sanja Penc, Kornela Penc, Zorislav Penc, Marija Penc, Kata Penc, Ana Penc

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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