Surname Petroša in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Petroša live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Zadar (10), Pula (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Brgulje (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Petroša (including: Petrosa , Petroschak ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Petrosa " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Indonesia.

Characteristic first names

Andrea Petroša, Blanša Petroša, Mirko Petroša, Marko Petroša, Sekiba Petroša, Ivan Petroša, Ivica Petroša, Miroslav Petroša, Nikica Petroša, Mladenka Petroša, Zdravka Petroša, Luka Petroša, Karmela Petroša, Šime Petroša, Andrija Petroša, Marija Petroša, Vedran Petroša, Mija Petroša, Eni Petroša

Mentions in sources

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

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