Surname Petrec in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Petrec families are almost entirely Croats (from Ivanic-Grad area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanic-Grad area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Petrec live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Recica Kriska in Ivanic-Grad area (10), Ivanic-Grad (<10), Bjelovar (<10), Kriz in Ivanic-Grad area (<10), and in Vidrenjak in Cazma area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Petrec (including: Petrech , Petrez , Petrecz , Peterec , Petterez and Petterec ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. "Petrez " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in France. "Petrecz " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Hungary. "Peterec " is used by small number of people in Slovakia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic.

Characteristic first names

Gordana Petrec, Nedeljko Petrec, Josip Petrec, Zrinka Petrec, Ivan Petrec, Mihail Petrec, Dalibor Petrec, Željko Petrec, Miroslav Petrec, Božidar Petrec, Đurđica Petrec, Miro Petrec, Ankica Petrec, Tatjana Petrec, Mihaela Petrec, Aleksandra Petrec, Tomislav Petrec, Matija Petrec, Siniša Petrec

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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