The surname Petrović is particularly tied to Serbian nationality; the majority of Petrovićs come from Serbia (83% of them)[citation needed] and the
Serbian Royal Family's original surname is "Petrović", originating from
Karađorđe Petrović.
Petrović is the second most frequent surname in Serbia,[1] it is also ranked in the first 10 in Montenegro and is also the 11th most common in Croatia, with 9,614 carriers (2011 census).[2] It is the third most common surname in the
Osijek-Baranja County, the fourth most common in the
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and ninth most common in the
City of Zagreb.[3]
Stanojlo Petrović(1813–1894) Serbian high-ranking officer and public benefactor
Hajduk
Veljko Petrović (c. 1780–1813), known simply as Hajduk-Veljko, one of the vojvodas of the Serbian Revolutionary forces in the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire
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The surname Petrović is particularly tied to Serbian nationality; the majority of Petrovićs come from Serbia (83% of them)[citation needed] and the
Serbian Royal Family's original surname is "Petrović", originating from
Karađorđe Petrović.
Petrović is the second most frequent surname in Serbia,[1] it is also ranked in the first 10 in Montenegro and is also the 11th most common in Croatia, with 9,614 carriers (2011 census).[2] It is the third most common surname in the
Osijek-Baranja County, the fourth most common in the
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and ninth most common in the
City of Zagreb.[3]
Stanojlo Petrović(1813–1894) Serbian high-ranking officer and public benefactor
Hajduk
Veljko Petrović (c. 1780–1813), known simply as Hajduk-Veljko, one of the vojvodas of the Serbian Revolutionary forces in the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire
This page lists people with the
surnamePetrović. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.