Surname Patača in modern Croatia

Patača families are Croats and they are mostly from Donji Miholjac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Donji Miholjac area and in Benkovac.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Patača live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Moslavina Podravska in Donji Miholjac area (25), Donji Miholjac (15), Krcenik in Donji Miholjac area (15), Zagreb (10), and in Rodaljice (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Patača (including: Pataca , Patacca , Patachia and Patacha ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. "Patacca " is used by some 400 people in Italy , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Switzerland. "Patachia " is used by some 300 people in Romania , small number in Spain , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Edgard Patača, Zdravko Patača, Marija Patača, Željko Patača, Zvonimir Patača, Tanja Patača, Branka Patača, Goran Patača, Sonja Patača, Jelka Patača, Jasna Patača, Barbara Patača, Gordana Patača, Zoran Patača, Milan Patača, Irena Patača, Marijana Patača, Martina Patača, Ana Patača

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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