In Croatia, Pežak families are Croats (from Orahovica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and in Orahovica area. In Bektež in Orahovica area every sixtieth inhabitant had the family name Pežak.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Pežak live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Slavonski Brod (<5), Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<5), Makarska (<5), and in Bektez in Orahovica area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pežak (including: Pezak , Pezhvak ) is present in 7 countries on four continents. The family name "Pezak " is used by some 90 people in the United States.
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.
