Surname Petrunić in modern Croatia

Petrunić families are Croats and they are mostly from Ogulin area. According to some sources they are from Jankovo Seliste. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Ogulin area. In places Petrunići and Jankovo Selište in Ogulin area every third inhabitant had the family name Petrunić.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Petrunić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Karlovac (60), Duga Resa (35), Zagreb (20), Mracin in Duga Resa area (15), and in Jankovo Seliste in Ogulin area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (4), Germany (3), Austria (2), and to the United States (1).
Family name Petrunić (including: Petrunic , Petrunich , Petrunichev and Petrunick ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Petrunic " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Argentina. "Petrunich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Ukraine. "Petrunick " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Petrunić, Danica Petrunić, Davor Petrunić, Bojan Petrunić, Igor Petrunić, Borislav Petrunić, Zlatko Petrunić, Patricia Petrunić, Damir Petrunić, Maja Petrunić, Zdravko Petrunić, Željko Petrunić, Juraj Petrunić, Josip Petrunić, Robert Petrunić, Mirjana Petrunić, Gordana Petrunić, Vesna Petrunić, Ivan Petrunić

Mentions in sources

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

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