Surname Peterlić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Peterlić families are generally Croats (from Ivanic-Grad ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ivanic-Grad.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Peterlić live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Rijeka (<10), Licki Novi (<10), Ivanic-Grad (<5), and in Valpovo (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Peterlić (including: Peterlic , Peterlick and Peterlich ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. "Peterlich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Maja Peterlić, Ante Peterlić, Mladen Peterlić, Sanja Peterlić, Vlatka Peterlić, Mirela Peterlić, Branko Peterlić, Ivan Peterlić, Jelena Peterlić, Saša Peterlić, Siniša Peterlić, Radica Peterlić, Nenad Peterlić, Višnjica Peterlić, Josip Peterlić, Radojka Peterlić, Stipo Peterlić, Marija Peterlić, Gordana Peterlić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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