Surname Petešić in modern Croatia

Petešić families are Croats and they are mostly from Sali on Dugi (Long) Island. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and on Dugi, Long Island.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Petešić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and four other places, mostly in Sali on Dugi (Long) Island (50), Poljica (20), Zadar (20), Zagreb (<10), and in Pula (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and France (1).
Family name Petešić (including: Petesic , Petesich ) is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Petesic " is used by small number of people in Australia and small number in the United States. "Petesich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljiljana Petešić, Milica Petešić, Mirjana Petešić, Jona Petešić, Adriana Petešić, Rina Petešić, Ivan Petešić, Ines Petešić, Anđelka Petešić, Vlasta Petešić, Ferdinand Petešić, Jadran Petešić, Katarina Petešić, Irena Petešić, Dražen Petešić, Meri Petešić, Ivana Petešić, Zlatko Petešić, Rajka Petešić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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