Surname Petri in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Petri families are generally Croats (from Pleternica area ), very rarely Albanians (from Zagreb ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area) and in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Bosanski Petrovac area).

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Petri live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Dugo Selo (<10), in Luzani (<10) and Slavonski Kobas (<10) in Pleternica area, Zadar (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Petri (including: Petrie , Peterie , Pettri , Pethari , Peteri , Phetri , Petrih , Petrii and Pethri ) is present in 105 countries worldwide. The family name "Petri " is used by some 20000 people in Germany , about 10000 in Brazil , and some 6000 people in the United States. "Petrie " is used by some 10000 people in the United States , about 3000 in Canada , and some 3000 people in Great Britain. "Peteri " is used by small number of people in France , small number in the United States , and small number of people in the Netherlands.

Characteristic first names

Andreja Petri, Zoran Petri, Goran Petri, Tihomir Petri, Kristina Petri, Saša Petri, Nadan Petri, Vesna Petri, Josip Petri, Ana Petri, Marija Petri, Elio Petri, Ivona Petri, Jagoda Petri, Ljubica Petri, Ivan Petri, Slaven Petri, Egon Petri, Mario Petri

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1729 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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