Surname Petić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Petić families are predominantly Croats (from Samobor area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and Slunj.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Petić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Petrinja (<10), Sibenik (<10), Krizevci (<5), and in Strmec in Samobor area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Petić (including: Petic , Pethick , Petich , Pethic , Pethrick , Petici , Petych , Pettick , Petick and Petiech ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. "Pethic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Petiech " is used by few people in the United States. "Pethick " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 200 in Canada , and some 200 people in Great Britain.

Characteristic first names

Milan Petić, Nevenka Petić, Gordana Petić, Marijo Petić, Zoran Petić, Siniša Petić, Nikola Petić, Andrijana Petić, Danica Petić, Željko Petić, Dušan Petić, Nebojša Petić, Sanja Petić, Mile Petić, Slavica Petić, Branko Petić, Marica Petić, Stanija Petić, Silva Petić

Mentions in sources

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

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