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Surname Petrlin in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Petrlin families are Croats (from Petrinja area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Velika Gorica and in Petrinja area. In Novo Selo Lekeničko in Velika Gorica every third inhabitant had the family name Petrlin.
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Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Petrlin live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 8 other places, mostly in Velika Gorica (10), Karlovac (<10), Babino Polje on the Island of Mljet (<5), Lekenik in Petrinja area (<5), and in Busevec (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Petrlin (including: Peterlin , Petterlin ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. "Peterlin " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 200 in Italy , and some 100 people in Germany.
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Characteristic first names
Zlatko Petrlin,
Mario Petrlin,
Jelka Petrlin,
Davorin Petrlin,
Zoran Petrlin,
Dragutin Petrlin,
Ivana Petrlin,
Željko Petrlin,
Katica Petrlin,
Franjo Petrlin,
Petar Petrlin,
Mihaela Petrlin,
Ana Petrlin,
Josip Petrlin,
Ivanka Petrlin,
Draženka Petrlin,
Manda Petrlin,
Marica Petrlin,
Darinka Petrlin
