Peter is a male name, in Croatia principally Croatian, but also Slovenian, Hungarian, Italian, Slovak and German. It is one of the quite common names (among the top thousand) in Croatia, with over five hundred namesakes living there.
The name Peter was the most popular from years 1935 to 1945. The peak year was 1942. It was the least popular from years 1988 to 1998.
Prevalence
Name Peter is present mainly in North-West Croatia, and scarcely in Central Croatia. Most of the persons named Peter live in the following cities and municipalities: Zagreb (about forty), Rijeka (about twenty), Pula (less than twenty). Relatively speaking, the city with the highest percentage of namesakes is Grožnjan (0.27% of total population).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over a thousand times, the first time 1640 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.
