Pejic

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/pɛʒɪk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Pejic is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Croatia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • HRCroatia1 in 1.5K(measured from records)
  • BABosnia & Herzegovina≈1 in 2K
  • RSSerbia≈1 in 3.9K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Croatia (measured from records)

2,747 people, 2021

Sources
44 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Croatia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Pejić in SI Slovenia.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Pejic counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Pejic is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HR Croatia—2,7471 in 1.5K2.7KPejic42
BA Bosnia & Herzegovina—≈1,900 est.≈1 in 2K—Pejic12
RS Serbia#623≈1,800 est.≈1 in 3.9K—Pejic44
CH Switzerland—3121 in 27K312Pejic7
US United States—1821 in 1.8M208Pejic40
SI Slovenia—≈140 est.≈1 in 15K—Pejić5

2,747 people counted by DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form), 2021, counting the spelling pejić. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Pejic is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Austria, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Pejić, Pejič, Pejic̀, Pejiç

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Serbia

    Also written Pejić

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Serbia, United States, Spain, Chile

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Pejić

  • Polish name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Pejić

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Pejić

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Serbia

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Pejić

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Serbia

    Also written Pejić

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Mike Pejic, b. 1950Mel Pejic, b. 1959Shaun Pejic, b. 1982
  • Mike Pejicb. 1950GBEnglish footballer and manager (born 1950)
  • Mel Pejicb. 1959GBEnglish footballer (born 1959)
  • Shaun Pejicb. 1982GBassociation football player (born 1982)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Pejic,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Pejic
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024312#4,200
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020208#94,341
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010182#99,378
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000133#120,330
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Pejic?
A machine transcription gives /pɛʒɪk/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Pejic have the most bearers?
In Croatia, the national register counted about 2.7 thousand people named Pejic, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled pejic.
Where is Pejic most common?
Pejic is densest in Croatia, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.5 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Pejic?
In Croatia, the national register counted 2,747 people named Pejic in 2021, about 1 in 1.5 thousand residents.
How common is Pejic compared with other names?
In Serbia, Pejic is the 623rd most common surname of 45,065 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Pejic” — the 623rd most common surname in Serbia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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