Surname Petric in modern Croatia

Petric families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. According to some sources they are from Dalmatia, odnosno Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area.

Prevalence

About 710 people with faimily name Petric live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 43 cities and 82 other places, mostly in Zagreb (150), Podgorje Bistricko in Zlatar area (50), Split (45), Gorican in Cakovec area (25), and in Sesvete (25).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), France (2), and to the United States (2).
Family name Petric (including: Petriz , Petrich , Petritz , Petricci , Peterich , Pettrich , Pettric , Petricz and Pethric ) is present in 70 countries worldwide. The family name "Petric " is used by some 7000 people in Romania , about 1000 in Germany , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Petritz " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Austria , and small number of people in Germany. "Petricz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dragomir Petric, Vlado Petric, Robert Petric, Josip Petric, Marin Petric, Damir Petric, Davor Petric, Elizabeta Petric, Stanko Petric, Krunoslav Petric, Ljiljana Petric, Mario Petric, Nedjeljka Petric, Nikola Petric, Nadica Petric, Andrijana Petric, Tomislav Petric, Snježana Petric, Ante Petric

Mentions in sources

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

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