In Croatia, Penica families are generally Croats (from Ozalj ), very rarely Slovenes (from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ozalj and Zagreb. In Radina Vas in Ozalj every third inhabitant had the family name Penica.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Penica live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Gradec in Vrbovec area (<10), Bjelovar (<5), Radina Vas (<5), Gudovac (<5), and in Bubnjarci in Ozalj area (<5).
