Surname Pešorda in modern Croatia

Pešorda families are Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Grude area) and in Djakovo area.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Pešorda live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Slavonski Brod (25), Donji Andrijevci in Djakovo area (20), Split (<10), and in Marinici in Rijeka area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), the United States (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Pešorda is present in 6 countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Mile Pešorda, Vinko Pešorda, Damir Pešorda, Zrinka Pešorda, Milena Pešorda, Nevenko Pešorda, Blago Pešorda, Gordan Pešorda, Bartol Pešorda, Miro Pešorda, Bernard Pešorda, Antun Pešorda, Franjo Pešorda, Leonardo Pešorda, Zora Pešorda, Domagoj Pešorda, Jelena Pešorda, Mladen Pešorda, Sanja Pešorda

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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