In Croatia, Pešta families are predominantly Croats (from Rijeka ), rarely Serbs.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Pešta live in Croatia today, in two households only. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Rijeka (<5) and Umag (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.