Surname Pešut in modern Croatia

Pešut families are generally Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Zagreb. In Lisičić in Benkovac every fifth inhabitant had the family name Pešut.

Prevalence

About 880 people with faimily name Pešut live in Croatia today, in 390 households. There were 990 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 41 cities and 78 other places, mostly in Zagreb (175), Rijeka (85), Djakovo (55), Zadar (40), and in Lisicic (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 23 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (5), the United States (5), Australia (5), Germany (4), the United Kingdom (2), Switzerland (1), and to France (1).
Family name Pešut (including: Pesut , Peshut , Peschout and Pesuth ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Pesut " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Czech Republic. "Peshut " is used by some 60 people in Tanzania , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Kenya. "Pesuth " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branimir Pešut, Damir Pešut, Dinko Pešut, Denis Pešut, Mladen Pešut, Saša Pešut, Marija Pešut, Duško Pešut, Ivan Pešut, Nedjeljko Pešut, Dubravko Pešut, Miljenko Pešut, Zlatko Pešut, Mario Pešut, Angel Pešut, Zoran Pešut, Vedran Pešut, Jagoda Pešut, Nenad Pešut

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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