Surname Petrlić in modern Croatia

Petrlić families are Croats and they are mostly from Gospic area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 470 people with faimily name Petrlić live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 350 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 54 other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Licki Osik (15), Dugo Selo (15), Sesvete (10), and in Krizevci (10).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), Germany (3), Switzerland (3), and to Canada (1).
Family name Petrlić (including: Peterlic , Petrlich , Petrlic , Peterlick and Peterlich ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Petrlic " is used by few people in Australia and few people in the United States. "Petrlich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Peterlich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Antun Petrlić, Tomislav Petrlić, Ivan Petrlić, Mirijana Petrlić, Ankica Petrlić, Siniša Petrlić, Marica Petrlić, Marina Petrlić, Mladen Petrlić, Dario Petrlić, Željko Petrlić, Juraj Petrlić, Katarina Petrlić, Dalibor Petrlić, Josip Petrlić, Zlatko Petrlić, Ante Petrlić, Anka Petrlić, Gordana Petrlić

Mentions in sources

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

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