Surname Pijević in modern Croatia

Pijević families are Croats and they are mostly from Romanija and south Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Romania, Bosnia (Sokolac area). In Turkovići in Romania (Bosnia) every second inhabitant had the family name Pijević.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Pijević live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 9 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (20), Cibaca in Dubrovnik area (10), Mokosica (10), Ploce (<10), and in Vidovci (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pijević is present in two countries.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Pijević, Gordana Pijević, Joško Pijević, Franica Pijević, Janja Pijević, Vera Pijević, Jure Pijević, Ante Pijević, Zvonko Pijević, Tea Pijević, Marija Pijević, Ankica Pijević, Ćetko Pijević, Marina Pijević, Zdravko Pijević, Fani Pijević, Martina Pijević, Antonio Pijević, Robert Pijević

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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