Surname Petrikić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Petrikić families are generally Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska area and in Nova Gradiska.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Petrikić live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only four Croatian places: in Zapolje in Nova Gradiska area (10), Zagreb (<10), Bodovaljci in Nova Gradiska area (<5), and in Nova Gradiska (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Petrikić (including: Petricic , Petrikic , Petricich , Petricas and Petrichick ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. "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

Boris Petrikić, Kristina Petrikić, Ivana Petrikić, Ivan Petrikić, Nada Petrikić, Magdalena Petrikić, Danica Petrikić, Antun Petrikić, Marija Petrikić, Mato Petrikić, Stefanija Petrikić, Mara Petrikić, Nikola Petrikić, Stanko Petrikić, Jula Petrikić, Ljubica Petrikić, Ema Petrikić, Slavica Petrikić, Ana Petrikić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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