Surname Petričić in modern Croatia

Petričić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Opatija area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Rijeka. In Sase in Podrinje (Bosnia) every third inhabitant had the family name Petričić.

Prevalence

About 340 people with faimily name Petričić live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 450 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zadar (45), Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (35), Rijeka (30), Zagreb (30), and in Vinkovci (25).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Petričić (including: Petricic , Petricich , Petricas , Petrichick and Petrichic ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Petricic " is used by some 200 people in Chile , small number in Canada , and small number of people in the United States. "Petricich " is used by some 70 people in Italy and small number in the United States. "Petrichick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Suzi Petričić, Ranko Petričić, Olga Petričić, Marin Petričić, Anton Petričić, Dubravka Petričić, Željko Petričić, Nenad Petričić, Hrvoje Petričić, Boris Petričić, Irena Petričić, Antica Petričić, Ivan Petričić, Željka Petričić, Borivoj Petričić, Silvije Petričić, Renato Petričić, Verica Petričić, Milan Petričić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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