Surname Peteh in modern Croatia

Peteh families are Croats and they are mostly from Matijasi near Zminj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pazin area. In Matijaši in Pazin area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Peteh.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Peteh live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Pula (40), Rovinj (40), and in Jurici (25), Zminj (20) and Modrusani (15) in Pazin area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Peteh (including: Petechel , Petech , Petechuk , Peteche and Petechik ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Peteh " is used by small number of people in Australia and small number of people in the United States. "Petechuk " is used by some 100 people in Ukraine , small number in Kazakhstan , and small number of people in the United States. "Petechik " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Peteh, Rajmondo Peteh, Goran Peteh, Dean Peteh, Alen Peteh, Sandi Peteh, Irena Peteh, Damir Peteh, Renato Peteh, Vedran Peteh, Elio Peteh, Dalibor Peteh, Arđeo Peteh, Igor Peteh, Snježana Peteh, Nediljka Peteh, Diana Peteh, Adriana Peteh, Marija Peteh

Mentions in sources

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

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