Surname Petrek in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Petrek live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zapresic (15), Klostar Ivanic in Ivanic-Grad area (10), Zagreb (<10), Celine (<10), and in Krizevci (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Petrek (including: Peterek , Petrec , Petreche , Petrech , Peterec , Petrecz , Petereck , Petreck and Petrecs ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Petrek " is used by some 1000 people in Slovakia , about 900 in Czech Republic , and some 300 people in the United States. "Petreck " is used by few people in the United States. "Petrecz " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Hungary.

Characteristic first names

Robert Petrek, Marija Petrek, Marijan Petrek, Sanja Petrek, Alen Petrek, Nenad Petrek, Damir Petrek, Petra Petrek, Siniša Petrek, Petar Petrek, Anita Petrek, Andrea Petrek, Dražen Petrek, Željko Petrek, Boro Petrek, Marko Petrek, Ivan Petrek, Stjepan Petrek, Zlatko Petrek

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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