Surname Petrijevčanin in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Petrijevčanin families are Croats (from Vinkovci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci area and in Osijek.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Petrijevčanin live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, in one city and 6 other places, mostly in Aljmas in Vinkovci area (25), Osijek (10), Visnjevac (<5), Bizovac in Valpovo area (<5), and in Cepin in Osijek area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Petrijevčanin is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Zorislav Petrijevčanin, Siniša Petrijevčanin, Zdenko Petrijevčanin, Slavko Petrijevčanin, Nada Petrijevčanin, Edita Petrijevčanin, Martina Petrijevčanin, Goran Petrijevčanin, Boris Petrijevčanin, Mara Petrijevčanin, Marija Petrijevčanin, Leon Petrijevčanin, Anica Petrijevčanin, Julijana Petrijevčanin, Marijan Petrijevčanin, Suzana Petrijevčanin, Izeta Petrijevčanin, Dragomir Petrijevčanin, Vitomir Petrijevčanin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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