Surname Pećarina in modern Croatia

Pećarina families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Rab. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Rab and in Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Pećarina live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and another small place , mostly in Lopar on the Island of Rab (60), Zagreb (25), Selce (<10), Rijeka (<5), and in Zapresic (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Norway (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Pećarina is present in three countries on three continents. The family name "Pecarina " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davor Pećarina, Robert Pećarina, Ivana Pećarina, Zdenka Pećarina, Delfa Pećarina, Marica Pećarina, Vlado Pećarina, Dragan Pećarina, Katija Pećarina, Kristina Pećarina, Milan Pećarina, Marija Pećarina, Nataša Pećarina, Slađana Pećarina, Nedeljko Pećarina, Ines Pećarina, Marin Pećarina, Darko Pećarina, Miljenko Pećarina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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