Surname Petrov in modern Croatia

Petrov families are often Croats and they are mostly from Valpovo area. According to some sources they are from Vodice or sa Dugog otoka, rarely they are Serbsor Macedonians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Vodice.

Prevalence

About 330 people with faimily name Petrov live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 33 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (90), Split (25), Metkovic (25), Rijeka (20), and in Vodice (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Petrov (including: Petrow , Petrovv , Peterov , Petroov , Pettrow , Petrrov , Peetrov and Pettrov ) is present in 104 countries worldwide. "Petrow " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 800 in the United States , and some 600 people in Russian Federation. "Pettrow " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Petrov, Srećko Petrov, Leo Petrov, Dinko Petrov, Vesna Petrov, Danijela Petrov, Aleksandar Petrov, Irena Petrov, Anita Petrov, Damir Petrov, Ivica Petrov, Miroslav Petrov, Miljenko Petrov, Jole Petrov, Kornelija Petrov, Anđelko Petrov, Siniša Petrov, Mihaela Petrov, Ivan Petrov

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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