Surname Petak in modern Croatia

Petak families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 730 people with faimily name Petak live in Croatia today, in 290 households. There were 770 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 87 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Jerovec (70), Bedenec (40), Varazdin (40), and in Priles in Ludbreg area (30).

Outside Croatia

Family name Petak (including: Petakh , Petach , Peták , Petacci , Petac , Petack , Pettack , Petaci and Pethak ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Petak " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 400 in Czech Republic , and some 300 people in Hungary. "Pethak " is used by few people in the United States. "Petack " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Petak, Irena Petak, Mira Petak, Božica Petak, Antun Petak, Josip Petak, Ivan Petak, Mato Petak, Tomislav Petak, Renato Petak, Saša Petak, Dubravka Petak, Robert Petak, Olgica Petak, Petra Petak, Marijana Petak, Drago Petak, Anica Petak, Željko Petak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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