Surname Petrica in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Petrica families are generally Croats (from Zadar ), very rarely Romanians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Pleternica area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Petrica live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Zadar (<10), Zagreb (<5), Marcana in Pula area (<5), Malino in Pleternica area (<5), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Petrica (including: Petricca , Petrizza , Petriza , Petricha and Petryca ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. "Petricca " is used by some 1000 people in Italy , about 400 in the United States , and some 200 people in Venezuela. "Petricha " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ioan Petrica, Marijan Petrica, Slavko Petrica, Petru Petrica, Ivanka Petrica, Mirko Petrica, Aleksandra Petrica, Tomislav Petrica, Ana Petrica, Ivan Petrica, Zlatko Petrica, Marija Petrica, Ružica Petrica, Snježana Petrica, Ljubica Petrica, Manda Petrica, Stella Petrica, Nada Petrica, Giovanni Petrica

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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