Surname Pečenko in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pečenko families are Croats (from Sveti Ivan Zelina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sveti Ivan Zelina and in Ivanic-Grad area.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Pečenko live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Biskupec Zelinski (10), Sveti Ivan Zelina (10), Novoselec in Ivanic-Grad area (<10), Gornje Psarjevo (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pečenko (including: Pechenko , Pecenko , Pechenenko , Pechurenko , Pechenkoo , Petschenko , Pecenco , Pechinenko , Pecherenko and Pechnenko ) is present in 24 countries on four continents. The family name "Pecenko " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation , small number in Italy , and small number of people in the United States. "Petschenko " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Pecenco " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Marina Pečenko, Danijel Pečenko, Marijan Pečenko, Ankica Pečenko, Dejan Pečenko, Marija Pečenko, Anka Pečenko, Ivan Pečenko, Kazimir Pečenko, Dijana Pečenko, Tomislav Pečenko, Darinka Pečenko, Boris Pečenko, Albert Pečenko, Bojan Pečenko, Gregor Pečenko, Marjana Pečenko, Josip Pečenko, Petar Pečenko

Mentions in sources

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

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