Surname Petravić in modern Croatia

Petravić families are Croats and they are mostly from Velika Gorica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Samobor. In places Petravec and Prvonožina in Velika Gorica every third inhabitant had the family name Petravić.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Petravić live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 370 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Strmec in Samobor area (70), Donji Dragonozec (30), Petravec (20), and in Velika Gorica (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (6), Australia (3), Canada (2), the Netherlands (1), France (1), and to Mexico (1).
Family name Petravić (including: Petravic , Petravich , Petravicz and Petravick ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Petravic " is used by small number of people in the Netherlands , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Petravich " is used by some 50 people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Petravicz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ana Petravić, Damir Petravić, Miro Petravić, Tomislav Petravić, Darko Petravić, Katarina Petravić, Robert Petravić, Mladen Petravić, Sandra Petravić, Denis Petravić, Bruno Petravić, Đurđa Petravić, Petar Petravić, Ivan Petravić, Miroslav Petravić, Matija Petravić, Vinko Petravić, Marica Petravić, Marta Petravić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1769 in source 18th Century Census.

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