Surname Penco in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Penco families are mainly Croats (from Umag ), less frequently Italians (also from Umag ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Umag and Zagreb. In Valica in Umag every fourth inhabitant had the family name Penco.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Penco live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Umag (<10), Zagreb (<10), Savudrija (<5), Valica (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Penco (including: Penzo , Penchoo , Pencho and Penzoh ) is present in 53 countries worldwide. "Penzo " is used by some 4000 people in Italy , about 700 in Dominican Republic , and some 300 people in the United States. "Penchoo " is used by few people in the United States. "Penzoh " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Bruno Penco, Dalibor Penco, Elda Penco, Dario Penco, Nikolina Penco, Rea Penco, Verano Penco, Ivana Penco, Roberto Penco, Franco Penco, Ambretta Penco, Eva Penco, Cristian Penco, Valentina Penco, Jasna Penco, Giovanni Penco, Sandra Penco, Luciano Penco, Maria Penco

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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