Surname Petrovčić in modern Croatia

Petrovčić families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Djurdjevac area. In Kamenska in Pozega area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Petrovčić.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Petrovčić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Podravske Sesvete in Djurdjevac area (10), Koprivnica (<10), Dubrava in Vrbovec area (<10), and in Opatija (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Petrovčić (including: Petrovcic , Petrovchich ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. "Petrovchich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marija Petrovčić, Darija Petrovčić, Josip Petrovčić, Srećko Petrovčić, Stjepan Petrovčić, Ludvik Petrovčić, Tatjana Petrovčić, Tibor Petrovčić, Zrinka Petrovčić, Denis Petrovčić, Davor Petrovčić, Andrijana Petrovčić, Marko Petrovčić, Damir Petrovčić, Mirko Petrovčić, Maja Petrovčić, Ferdo Petrovčić, Ivan Petrovčić, Višnja Petrovčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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