Surname Penić in modern Croatia

Penić families are largely Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko area , rarely Serbs. According to some sources the family name originates from Trogir area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and in Jastrebarsko area. In Bajagić in Sinj every fourth inhabitant had the family name Penić.

Prevalence

About 960 people with faimily name Penić live in Croatia today, in 370 households. There were 710 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 46 cities and 57 other places, mostly in Krasic in Jastrebarsko area (130), Bajagic (125), Zagreb (125), Sinj (55), and in Split (50).

Outside Croatia

At least 23 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (10), the United States (4), Canada (3), Argentina (3), Australia (2), and to Chile (1).
Family name Penić (including: Penic , Peniche , Penick , Penich , Pennick , Penitsch , Pennic , Penych and Penichi ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. The family name "Penic " is used by some 300 people in Turkey , about 200 in the United States , and some 50 people in Canada. "Penich " is used by some 90 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Penitsch " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Penić, Dražen Penić, Branko Penić, Ante Penić, Tomislav Penić, Irena Penić, Ivica Penić, Dubravko Penić, Danijel Penić, Marijan Penić, Marinko Penić, Željko Penić, Jozo Penić, Marija Penić, Katarina Penić, Sanja Penić, Slavko Penić, Sandra Penić, Zlatko Penić

Mentions in sources

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

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