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Surname Peter in modern Croatia
Peter families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. According to some sources the family name if German origin, rarely they are Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Prelog area.
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Prevalence
About 290 people with faimily name Peter live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 390 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 32 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Sveta Marija in Prelog area (55), Cerna in Zupanja area (10), Bilje in Osijek area (10), and in Osijek (10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Peter (including: Petter , Pether , Peeter , Pötter , Péter , Peetter , Peteer and Peterr ) is present in 176 countries worldwide. "Petter " is used by some 3000 people in Brazil , about 2000 in Germany , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Peteer " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Krunoslav Peter,
Branimir Peter,
Marija Peter,
Ratko Peter,
Antun Peter,
Željko Peter,
Sabolć Peter,
Monika Peter,
Hrvoje Peter,
Zdravko Peter,
Wolfgang Peter,
Denis Peter,
Predrag Peter,
Mirjana Peter,
Snežana Peter,
Vlatko Peter,
Igor Peter,
Milica Peter,
Darko Peter
