Pezo families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotsko and in Imotski area.
Prevalence
About 340 people with faimily name Pezo live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Split (95), Zagreb (65), in Donji Prolozac (15) and Gornji Prolozac (15) in Imotski area, and in Imotski (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pezo is present in 44 countries worldwide. "Pezzo " is used by some 1000 people in Italy , about 800 in Brazil , and some 200 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.