Surname Petaj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Petaj families are Croats (from Novi Marof area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zabok and in Lepoglava area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Petaj live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Bedekovcina in Lepoglava area (<10), Vinicno in Novi Marof area (<10), Sesvete (<5), Sracinec in Varazdin area (<5), and in Husinec in Novi Marof area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Petaj (including: Pettay , Pethai , Petai , Petay , Pethei and Pettei ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Petaj " is used by few people in the United States. "Pettay " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 100 in Russian Federation , and some 100 people in Cambodia. "Pettei " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gordana Petaj, Anđelko Petaj, Ivica Petaj, Vjera Petaj, Štefica Petaj, Ksenija Petaj, Natalija Petaj, Josip Petaj, Mladen Petaj, Sanjica Petaj, Matija Petaj, Mira Petaj, Katarina Petaj, Barbara Petaj, Franjo Petaj, Stjepan Petaj, Dragutin Petaj, Miroslav Petaj, Luka Petaj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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