Surname Pećer in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pećer families are Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Pećer live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only two naselja i to in Knin (<5) and Polaca (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Pećer (including: Pecher , Pecker , Pecer , Pechter , Petscher , Peecher , Pechler , Pechier , Pechner and Pezzer ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. "Pecher " is used by some 4000 people in Germany , about 1000 in France , and some 600 people in the United States. "Petscher " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Pecker " is used by some 500 people in Brazil , about 400 in Argentina , and some 300 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Djuro Pećer, Jovan Pećer, Marija Pećer, Petar Pećer, Stana Pećer, Mirko Pećer, Olga Pećer, Đuka Pećer, Dragan Pećer, Vaso Pećer, Jelena Pećer, Nina Pećer, Sanja Pećer, Ilija Pećer, Janja Pećer

Mentions in sources

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

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