Surname Pečanić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pečanić families are generally Croats (from Lipik ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Donji Miholjac.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Pečanić live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (10), Lipik (<10), Kutina (<5), Zadar (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pečanić (including: Pecanic , Pechanic ) is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Pecanic " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Brazil , and small number in Canada. "Pechanic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Veselinka Pečanić, Vera Pečanić, Dražen Pečanić, Vlasta Pečanić, Dean Pečanić, Goran Pečanić, Tanja Pečanić, Vinko Pečanić, Andrej Pečanić, Snježana Pečanić, Berislav Pečanić, Davorin Pečanić, Sanja Pečanić, Marica Pečanić, Snežana Pečanić, Nevenka Pečanić, Ivan Pečanić, Zlatko Pečanić, Tatjana Pečanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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