Surname Pećnik in modern Croatia

Pećnik families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Pregrada area. In places Razvor and Velinci in Pregrada area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Pećnik.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Pećnik live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Cerna in Zupanja area (15), and in Velinci (10), Donji Skrnik (<10) and Razvor (<10) in Pregrada area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Pećnik (including: Pecnik , Pechnik , Pechenik , Petschnik , Pecnick , Pechennik , Pechonik , Pechnick , Pechernik and Petschnick ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Pecnik " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 300 people in Austria. "Pechnik " is used by some 200 people in Russian Federation , about 90 in the United States , and some 60 people in Ukraine. "Pecnick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ninoslava Pećnik, Miroslav Pećnik, Želimir Pećnik, Josip Pećnik, Tomislav Pećnik, Dario Pećnik, Nada Pećnik, Mario Pećnik, Snježana Pećnik, Robert Pećnik, Vladimir Pećnik, Božo Pećnik, Marijana Pećnik, Zvonko Pećnik, Nadica Pećnik, Jadranka Pećnik, Senka Pećnik, Danijela Pećnik, Milan Pećnik

Mentions in sources

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

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