Surname Petrus in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Petrus families are Croats (from Novi Marof area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novi Marof area and in Novi Marof.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Petrus live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Breznicki Hum in Novi Marof area (15), Zagreb (<10), Zadar (<10), Borenec in Novi Marof area (<10), and in Varazdin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Petrus (including: Petrush , Petrucz , Petrusz , Peterus , Pethrus , Petruss and Pehtrus ) is present in 80 countries worldwide. "Pethrus " is used by some 70 people in Sweden , small number in Brazil , and small number of people in the United States. "Petrush " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 70 in Belarus , and some 70 people in Russian Federation. "Petrusz " is used by some 100 people in Indonesia , about 100 in Hungary , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Petrus, Valentina Petrus, Josip Petrus, Darko Petrus, Mladen Petrus, Jasenka Petrus, Ivan Petrus, Mario Petrus, Jasna Petrus, Andreas Petrus, Draga Petrus, Branka Petrus, Stjepan Petrus, Ivica Petrus, Slavica Petrus, Vjekoslav Petrus, Željka Petrus, Slava Petrus, Marija Petrus

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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