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Surname Peterle in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Peterle families are Croats by relative majority (from Nova Gradiska area ), less frequently Italians (from Semberia (Bosnia) ), and rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska and Pakrac. In Obrijež in Semberia (Bosnia) every third inhabitant had the family name Peterle.
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Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Peterle live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Pakrac (<5), Kosovac in Nova Gradiska area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Gornji Bogicevci in Nova Gradiska area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Peterle is present in 22 countries worldwide. "Petterle " is used by some 700 people in Brazil , about 100 in Italy , and some 100 people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Josip Peterle,
Gina Peterle,
Renata Peterle,
Antun Peterle,
Angelina Peterle,
Emilija Peterle,
Daniela Peterle,
Željko Peterle,
Željka Peterle,
Marijo Peterle,
Antonija Peterle,
Agneza Peterle,
Alojzija Peterle,
Dominik Peterle,
Dragica Peterle,
Ivan Peterle,
Ivo Peterle,
Marija Peterle,
Petar Peterle