Surname Petani in modern Croatia

Petani families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Petani live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zadar (175), Ladislav Sokolovacki in Koprivnica area (15), Zagreb (10), Sibenik (<5), and in Bjelovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Petani (including: Pethani , Peetani , Peethani , Peethaani , Peetaani and Pedthani ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. "Pethani " is used by some 200 people in Pakistan , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Rozana Petani, Boris Petani, Alida Petani, Mirna Petani, Danijela Petani, Nenad Petani, Edvin Petani, Bruno Petani, Alen Petani, Albina Petani, Anđelo Petani, Valentina Petani, Ivica Petani, Stevo Petani, Katarina Petani, Elvira Petani, Sanja Petani, Sonja Petani, Tanja Petani

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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