Pravica families are Croats and they are mostly from Bjelovar area. According to some sources they are from Hrvatskog zagorja. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava area and in Zagreb. In Međurače in Petrinja every ninth inhabitant had the family name Pravica.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Pravica live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Koprivnica (10), Donja Kovacica in Grubisno Polje area (<10), Benkovec in Lepoglava area (<10), and in Bjelovar (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pravica (including: Prawica , Perawica ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Pravica " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Australia. "Prawica " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Poland.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.
