Surname Petkov in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Petkov families are predominantly Croats (from Orahovica area ), rarely Serbs, and very rarely Macedonians (from Rovinj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nasice and Vinkovci.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Petkov live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Fericanci in Orahovica area (<10), Sesvete (<10), Otok in Vinkovci area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Split (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Petkov (including: Petcov , Petkow , Petchinov , Petkhov and Petchkov ) is present in 60 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Luca Petkov, Milovan Petkov, Jelica Petkov, Damjanka Petkov, Goran Petkov, Andreja Petkov, Nadija Petkov, Zoran Petkov, Katica Petkov, Ivana Petkov, Vladimir Petkov, Petko Petkov, Stjepan Petkov, Nemanja Petkov, Antonija Petkov, Darko Petkov, Boris Petkov, Slobodan Petkov, Milan Petkov

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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