Surname Pečnik in modern Croatia

Pečnik families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Novi Marof area. In Sveti Martin in Krizevci every fifth inhabitant had the family name Pečnik.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Pečnik live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Pofuki in Novi Marof area (10), Velinci in Pregrada area (<10), Sveti Martin (<10), and in Zadar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pečnik (including: Pecnik , Pechnik , Pechenik , Petschnik , Pechatnik , Pecnick , Pechennik , Pechonik , Pechnick and Petschnick ) is present in 25 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

Miljenko Pečnik, Marijan Pečnik, Bojan Pečnik, Zdenko Pečnik, Ana Pečnik, Dragan Pečnik, Jurica Pečnik, Tomislav Pečnik, Mirjana Pečnik, Josip Pečnik, Karlo Pečnik, Boris Pečnik, Gospa Pečnik, Mladen Pečnik, Branko Pečnik, Željko Pečnik, Nikolaj Pečnik, Gordiana Pečnik, Marija Pečnik

Mentions in sources

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

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