Surname Petolas in modern Croatia

Petolas families are Croats and they are mostly from Zapresic area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zapresic area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Petolas live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, two cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Jakovlje in Zapresic area (20), Donja Bistra in Oroslavje area (10), Leprovica (<5), and in Jabuceta in Bjelovar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Petolas is present in four countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Darije Petolas, Nenad Petolas, Nikolina Petolas, Josip Petolas, Michael Petolas, Danica Petolas, Tatjana Petolas, Gordana Petolas, Kristina Petolas, Nevenka Petolas, Štefica Petolas, Višnja Petolas, Ivica Petolas, Igor Petolas, Petra Petolas, Ankica Petolas, Mladen Petolas, Jadranka Petolas, Dražen Petolas

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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