Surname Petrac in modern Croatia

Petrac families are Croats and they are mostly from Velika Gorica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Petrinja area. In Podvornica in Velika Gorica area every second inhabitant had the family name Petrac.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Petrac live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Brezane Lekenicke in Petrinja area (25), Kotoriba in Prelog area (20), Velika Gorica (15), Podvornica in Velika Gorica area (15), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Petrac (including: Petracchi , Petracci , Petraz , Petrach , Petrazzi , Petrazh , Petrách , Petrazzo and Petracz ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Petrac " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Australia. "Petrach " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Czech Republic , and small number in Germany. "Petracci " is used by some 700 people in Italy , about 300 in Argentina , and some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stanislav Petrac, Zlatko Petrac, Zvezdana Petrac, Miljenko Petrac, Ana Petrac, Dalibor Petrac, Franjo Petrac, Barica Petrac, Danijel Petrac, Tanja Petrac, Vedran Petrac, Helena Petrac, Dubravko Petrac, Stjepan Petrac, Vesna Petrac, Marija Petrac, Zoran Petrac, Ivana Petrac, Martina Petrac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1669 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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