Ptiček families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb. In places Beletinec and Krušljevec in Varazdin area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Ptiček.
Prevalence
About 570 people with faimily name Ptiček live in Croatia today, in 230 households. There were 470 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 54 other places, mostly in Zagreb (120), Sveti Ilija in Varazdin area (70), Varazdin (60), Oroslavje (35), and in Beletinec in Varazdin area (25).
Outside Croatia
At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Germany (2). Family name Ptiček is present in four countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.