In Croatia, Petohleb families are Croats (from Buzet ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slovenia and in Buzet. In Sveti Donat in Buzet every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Petohleb.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Petohleb live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Buzet (25), Vrh (<10), Sveti Donat (<10), Rijeka (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Petohleb is present in four countries on two continents.