Surname Peška in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Peška families are generally Croats (from Pleternica ), very rarely Slovaks (from Vukovar ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar and Pleternica.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Peška live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Vukovar (15), Sulkovci (<10), Split (<10), Slatina (<10), and in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Peška (including: Peska , Pesca , Peschka , Peshka , Pescina , Pescia , Peschta , Peszka , Pescha and Peshokha ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Peska " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Poland , and some 80 people in Czech Republic. "Peshka " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Ukraine. "Peschka " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Germany , and some 90 people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Snežana Peška, Dubravko Peška, Klaudija Peška, Višnja Peška, Nevio Peška, Alen Peška, Damir Peška, Ivan Peška, Renata Peška, Svetlana Peška, Dejana Peška, Krešimir Peška, Bojana Peška, Ljiljana Peška, Renatica Peška, Dalibor Peška, Zvonko Peška, Katarina Peška, Vesna Peška

Mentions in sources

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

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