Surname Petar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Petar families are almost entirely Croats (from Zagreb ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Kutina.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Petar live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Osijek (<5), Cepin in Osijek area (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Koprivnica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Petar (including: Pethakar , Pethkar , Pethekar , Peettar , Peetar , Pethapar , Pethar , Pettar and Pethevar ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. "Peetar " is used by few people in the United States. "Pethkar " is used by small number of people in Indonesia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in United Arab Emirates.

Characteristic first names

Saša Petar, Velimir Petar, Drago Petar, Danijel Petar, Željka Petar, Marica Petar, Boris Petar, Željko Petar, Mario Petar, Anita Petar, Stanka Petar, Nada Petar, Lidija Petar, Matija Petar, Mirjana Petar, Ksenija Petar, Dubravko Petar, Miljenko Petar, Ivana Petar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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