Surname Petras in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Petras live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 310 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Novigrad Podravski in Djurdjevac area (20), Glavnicica (20), Vukovina (20), Lijeva Luka in Sisak area (15), and in Zagreb (15).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (2), Germany (1), Switzerland (1), the United States (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Petras (including: Petrash , Petrasz , Petrass , Petrás , Pethras and Peteras ) is present in 59 countries worldwide. The family name "Petras " is used by some 8000 people in the United States , about 5000 in the Philippines , and some 4000 people in Romania. "Petrass " is used by some 60 people in Australia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Petrash " is used by some 3000 people in Ukraine , about 2000 in Russian Federation , and some 800 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ira Petras, Marko Petras, Ivan Petras, Josip Petras, Alenka Petras, Stjepan Petras, Krunoslav Petras, Damir Petras, Anica Petras, Lucija Petras, Zdenka Petras, Nevenka Petras, Marijan Petras, Nikola Petras, Marija Petras, Darko Petras, Ivana Petras, Zdravka Petras, Mirica Petras

Mentions in sources

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

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