Surname Potrebić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Potrebić families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (from Krapina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Kutina and Gospic.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Potrebić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Kutina (<10), Pakrac (<10), Krapina (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Germany (1).
Family name Potrebić is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Potrebic " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Milan Potrebić, Mirko Potrebić, Miroslav Potrebić, Domagoj Potrebić, Anita Potrebić, Nikolina Potrebić, Ranka Potrebić, Suzana Potrebić, Ranko Potrebić, Đorđe Potrebić, Srđan Potrebić, Duško Potrebić, Ljiljana Potrebić, Jasenka Potrebić, Tatjana Potrebić, Danijela Potrebić, Bojan Potrebić, Milorad Potrebić, Maca Potrebić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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