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![Show Contents]() Petrovich History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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The distinguished surname Petrovich can be traced back to the ancient and beautiful region of Venice. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they were characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. The most common type of family name found in the region of Venice is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name. During the Middle Ages, Italians adopted the patronymic system of name-making because it perfectly complemented the prevailing Feudal System. In Italy the popularity of patronymic type of surname is also due to the fact that during the Christian era, people often named their children after saints and biblical figures. The surname Petrovich came from the personal name Pietro, or Peter, which is itself derived from the Greek word petrus meaning rock. Early Origins of the Petrovich familyThe surname Petrovich was first found in the city of Pavia, where records are found in 1040 with Manfredi and Arizzone Pietra, feudal Lords of the territories of Pietra, Bissone, and Costa. Early History of the Petrovich familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Petrovich research. The years 1313, 1330, 1350, 1401, 1402, 1412, 1445, 1451, 1452, 1466, 1480, 1492, 1594, 1648, 1651, 1714, 1813, 1854, 1858, 1869 and 1877 are included under the topic Early Petrovich History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Petrovich Spelling VariationsEnormous variation in spelling and form characterizes those Italian names that originated in the medieval era. This is caused by two main factors: regional tradition, and inaccuracies in the recording process. Before the last few hundred years, scribes spelled names according to their sounds. Spelling variations were the unsurprising result. The variations of Petrovich include Pietri, Petri, Petris, Pedri, Pieri, Pero, Pierri, Pierro, Perris, Peire, Peiro, Peyro, De Pietri, De Pietro, Di Pietro, Di Pietro, De Petris, De Pero, Depero, Di Pierro, Petrich, Petric, Petrovich, Petrovic, Perich and many more. Early Notables of the Petrovich familyProminent among bearers of this family in early times was Cecco di Pietro, (c. 1330-1402), Italian painter of the Pisan School, date of birth cannot be confirmed, some mention of working with the painter Paolo di Lazzarino in 1350; Francesco Petrarca, or Petrarch, considered to be one of the four great Italian poets, Born in Florence in the 14th century, one of his most famous poems is entitled "Il Canzoniere"; Other bearers of this name from this era include: Riccardo Petroni, a Cardinal in Siena in 1313; Cola Petruccioli, a painter in Perugia in 1401 whose works can be seen at...
Another 151 words (11 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Petrovich Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Petrovich RankingIn the United States, the name Petrovich is the 17,197th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in Russia, the name Petrovich is ranked the 887th most popular surname with an estimated 20,732 people with that name. 2 Migration of the Petrovich familyThe records on immigrants and ships' passengers show a number of people bearing the name Petrovich: Joseph Dipietro, who was a soldier Naturalized at Camp Pike, Arkansas in 1918, a Pieretto who arrived in New Orleans in 1822 at the age of 23, Lina Petri, who settled in Texas in 1861, Luigi Dipieto, who was Naturalized in Chautauqua County, New York in 1906, and August Petronella, who emigrated to Philadelphia in 1868.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Petrovich (post 1700) | + |
- Nikolai Petrovich Karachentsov (1944-2018), Soviet and Russian film and stage actor of Lenkom Theatre
- Viktor Petrovich Ivannikov (1940-2016), Russian computer scientist, a member of Russian Academy of Sciences
- Igor Petrovich Volk (1937-2017), Soviet cosmonaut and test pilot in the Soviet Union
- Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov (1903-1994), Soviet and Russian physicist, director of the Kurchatov Institute
- Aleksandr Petrovich Kochetkov (1933-2015), Russian football player and coach
- Efim Petrovich Geller (1925-1998), Soviet chess player, world-class grandmaster and coach to Boris Spassky and Anatoly Karpov
- Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936), Nobel Prize winning Russian physiologist
- Mark Petrovich Midler (1931-2012), Soviet Russian two-time gold medalist foil fencer
- Alexander Petrovich Karpinsky (1846-1936), Russian geologist
- Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev (1878-1927), Russian author
| Historic Events for the Petrovich family | + |
- Mr. Simon Petrovich (d. 1914), Croatian Third Class Passenger from Zagreb, Croatia who was traveling aboard the Empress of Ireland and died in the sinking 3
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