Surname Petris in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Petris live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Rijeka (10), Zagreb (<10), Pula (<5), Cres on the Island of Cres (<5), and in Prigorje Brdovecko in Zapresic area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Canada (1).
Family name Petris (including: Peteris , Petrish , Peetris , Petrys , Pettriess , Petries , Petricz and Pethris ) is present in 45 countries worldwide. "Petries " is used by few people in the United States. "Petrish " is used by small number of people in Ukraine and small number in the United States. "Peteris " is used by some 200 people in Latvia and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Antonino Petris, Branko Petris, Goran Petris, Zdravka Petris, Petra Petris, Iva Petris, Stefano Petris, Nada Petris, Ana Petris, Mladen Petris, Nilda Petris, Jadranka Petris, Nenad Petris, Stefania Petris, Bartul Petris, Nikola Petris, Svjetlana Petris, Marija Petris, Edoardo Petris

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1614 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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