Surname Petek in modern Croatia

Petek families are Croats and they are mostly from Klanjec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Klanjec. In Letovčan Novodvorski in Klanjec every third inhabitant had the family name Petek.

Prevalence

About 1200 people with faimily name Petek live in Croatia today, in 490 households. There were 1300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 49 cities and 153 other places, mostly in Zagreb (230), Letovcan Novodvorski (45), in Jezerisce (40) and Djurmanec (35) in Krapina area, and in Cakovec (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), the United States (4), Canada (2), Austria (1), and to Spain (1).
Family name Petek (including: Petőcz , Petechel , Peteck , Petechuk , Peteche , Petech , Pettek , Petöcz and Petechik ) is present in 45 countries worldwide. The family name "Petek " is used by some 6000 people in Turkey , about 600 in Germany , and some 500 people in the United States. "Peteck " is used by some 200 people in Brazil and small number in the United States. "Pettek " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Petek, Zlatko Petek, Krešo Petek, Anamarija Petek, Milena Petek, Miroslav Petek, Tatjana Petek, Dražen Petek, Marijan Petek, Mario Petek, Ratko Petek, Dijana Petek, Danko Petek, Sanja Petek, Dario Petek, Mirjana Petek, Jasminka Petek, Tomislav Petek, Višnja Petek

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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