Surname Petrčić in modern Croatia

Petrčić families are Croats and they are mostly from Duga Resa area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Velika Gorica and Zagreb. In Lisičina Gorica in Vrbovsko area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Petrčić.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Petrčić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Duga Resa (15), Velika Kosnica (10), Donja Kupcina in Jastrebarsko area (<10), and in Mracin in Duga Resa area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Petrčić (including: Petrcic , Petrcich and Petercic ) is present in five countries on three continents. "Petercic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Vesna Petrčić, Stjepan Petrčić, Anica Petrčić, Igor Petrčić, Zoran Petrčić, Dalibor Petrčić, Vlado Petrčić, Pavao Petrčić, Dubravka Petrčić, Mato Petrčić, Tomislav Petrčić, Josip Petrčić, Ružica Petrčić, Koraljka Petrčić, Damir Petrčić, Vlasta Petrčić, Ivan Petrčić, Marija Petrčić, Miroslav Petrčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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