Surname Pećarić in modern Croatia

Pećarić families are Croats and they are mostly from Otocac. According to some sources they are from Boka Kotorska. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Pećarić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Covici (15), Zadar (<10), Hrvatski Leskovac (<10), and in Otocac (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), Canada (1), the United States (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Pećarić (including: Pecharich , Pecaric and Pecarich ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. The family name "Pecaric " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Pecharich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Pecarich " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Andrija Pećarić, Željko Pećarić, Vladimir Pećarić, Tomislav Pećarić, Darko Pećarić, Rita Pećarić, Jasna Pećarić, Ksenija Pećarić, Mirta Pećarić, Robert Pećarić, Luka Pećarić, Dane Pećarić, Mate Pećarić, Nikola Pećarić, Ljubica Pećarić, Višnja Pećarić, Dominik Pećarić, Mirjana Pećarić, Marica Pećarić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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