Surname Petrik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Petrik families are generally Croats (from Slavonski Brod area ), very rarely Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and in Pleternica area.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Petrik live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (15), Zagreb (15), Bukovlje in Slavonski Brod area (15), Bjelovar (10), and in Zadar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Petrik (including: Petric , Petrick , Petrich , Petryk , Peterik , Peterick , Pethrick , Petrikh and Petriek ) is present in 83 countries worldwide. "Petriek " is used by few people in the United States. "Petrick " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Germany , and some 300 people in South Africa. "Peterik " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Damir Petrik, Jozsef Petrik, Boško Petrik, Željko Petrik, Dunja Petrik, Lucija Petrik, Zdravko Petrik, Dario Petrik, Tomislav Petrik, Ana Petrik, Jadranko Petrik, Siniša Petrik, Ištvan Petrik, Maja Petrik, Željka Petrik, Bruno Petrik, Milivoj Petrik, Rudolf Petrik, Davor Petrik

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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