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Surname Petričević in modern Croatia
Petričević families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Imotski area. In Lukovo Brdo in Middle Bosnia every second inhabitant had the family name Petričević.
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Prevalence
About 2400 people with faimily name Petričević live in Croatia today, in 940 households. There were 1700 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 74 cities and 183 other places, mostly in Split (270), Zagreb (260), Obrovac Sinjski (125), Donji Prolozac in Imotski area (100), and in Divosevci in Djakovo area (75).
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Outside Croatia
At least 43 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (16), Australia (10), Austria (7), the United States (3), New Zealand (2), Switzerland (2), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to France (1).
Family name Petričević (including: Petricevic , Petricevich and Petrichevich ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. "Petrichevich " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Darko Petričević,
Teodor Petričević,
Dušan Petričević,
Vinko Petričević,
Jadranka Petričević,
Nikica Petričević,
Ante Petričević,
Davor Petričević,
Branka Petričević,
Mislav Petričević,
Zvonimir Petričević,
Frane Petričević,
Antun Petričević,
Jole Petričević,
Stipe Petričević,
Mirko Petričević,
Ivan Petričević,
Josip Petričević,
Mario Petričević
