In Croatia, Peteljak families are Croats (from Sveti Ivan Zelina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sveti Ivan Zelina and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Peteljak live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Sveti Ivan Zelina (10), Hrvatska Kostajnica (<5), and in Donje Oresje (<5).