Surname Patekar in modern Croatia

Patekar families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava area and in Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Patekar live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Varazdin (15), Bjelovar (10), Ivanec (<10), and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Patekar (including: Pattekar , Pathekar , Pathanekar , Patharekar , Phatekar , Paatekar and Pathrekar ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Patekar " is used by small number of people in Kazakhstan , small number in the United States , and small number of people in United Arab Emirates. "Pathekar " is used by few people in the United States. "Pattekar " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in New Zealand.

Characteristic first names

Stanko Patekar, Robert Patekar, Zvjezdana Patekar, Denis Patekar, Marija Patekar, Damir Patekar, Zoran Patekar, Melis Patekar, Željko Patekar, Josip Patekar, Srećko Patekar, Stjepan Patekar, Slađana Patekar, Miroslav Patekar, Gordana Patekar, Ana Patekar, Nataša Patekar, Sonja Patekar, Slavko Patekar

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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