Surname Peternel in modern Croatia

Peternel families are Croats and they are mostly from Pozega. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and Zagreb. In Novo Pračno in Sisak every fifth inhabitant had the family name Peternel.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Peternel live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Sisak (20), Slavonski Brod (10), Pozega (<10), and in Brestovac in Pozega area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Peternel (including: Peternell , Peternelli ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Peternel " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Brazil. "Peternell " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Austria , and some 100 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Renata Peternel, Lana Peternel, Hrvoje Peternel, Sandra Peternel, Filip Peternel, Igor Peternel, Ivan Peternel, Lorena Peternel, Vjeran Peternel, Siniša Peternel, Karlo Peternel, Zdenka Peternel, Stribor Peternel, Ivona Peternel, Tomislav Peternel, Mirko Peternel, Zvonko Peternel, Andrej Peternel, Josip Peternel

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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