Surname Petz in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Petz 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 five naselja i to in Djakovo (10), Rijeka (<5), Opatija (<5), Podrvanj in Rijeka area (<5), and in Semeljci in Djakovo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Petz (including: Peetz , Pötz , Pötzsch , Petzsch , Petzsche , Pätz and Pettz ) is present in 53 countries worldwide. The family name "Petz " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 2000 in the United States , and some 900 people in Austria. "Pettz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Peetz " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 900 in the United States , and some 400 people in South Africa.

Characteristic first names

Danijel Petz, Borislav Petz, Josip Petz, Kristina Petz, Eduarda Petz, Ljiljana Petz, Vlado Petz, Stjepan Petz, Damir Petz, Rozika Petz, Slavica Petz, Lidija Petz, Silvano Petz, Dinko Petz, Zvjezdana Petz, Ana Petz, Lucija Petz, Mato Petz, Christian Petz

Mentions in sources

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

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