In Croatia, Peteranec families are Croats (from Garesnica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Garesnica and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Peteranec live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Zdencac (<10), Vrbovec (<5), Zagreb (<5), Bulinac in Bjelovar area (<5), and in Daruvar (<5).