Surname Pjevac in modern Croatia

Pjevac families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Slunj , whereas often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slunj and Vinkovci.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Pjevac live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Karlovac (15), Rijeka (10), Split (<10), and in Varazdin (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pjevac (including: Pievac , Pjevach , Pyevach and Pyevac ) is present in 13 countries worldwide. The family name "Pjevac " is used by small number of people in Australia , small number in Canada , and small number in Germany , small number in the United States. "Pyevac " is used by few people in the United States. "Pievac " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Czech Republic.

Characteristic first names

Mile Pjevac, Nevenka Pjevac, Dušan Pjevac, Rodoljub Pjevac, Željko Pjevac, Dražen Pjevac, Branislav Pjevac, Mirjana Pjevac, Vesna Pjevac, Petar Pjevac, Emanuel Pjevac, Bogdan Pjevac, Olgica Pjevac, Boris Pjevac, Antonela Pjevac, Sofija Pjevac, Rade Pjevac, Ružica Pjevac, Dubravko Pjevac

Mentions in sources

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.

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