Surname Pečarević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pečarević families are almost entirely Croats (from the Island of Vis ), barely Bosniaks (also from the Island of Vis ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Vis.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Pečarević live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in five Croatian cities only: in Vis on the Island of Vis (25), Split (10), Zagreb (<10), Bjelovar (<5), and in Komiza on the Island of Vis (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pečarević is present in five countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Pečarević, Katija Pečarević, Josip Pečarević, Ingrid Pečarević, Nikica Pečarević, Katarina Pečarević, Ruža Pečarević, Vinkica Pečarević, Nikola Pečarević, Sonja Pečarević, Tonči Pečarević, Ivan Pečarević, Niki Pečarević, Matko Pečarević, Ana Pečarević, Goranka Pečarević, Marija Pečarević, Tajana Pečarević, Sandra Pečarević

Mentions in sources

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

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