In Croatia, Jerat families are Croats (from the Island of Murter ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and on the Island of Murter.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Jerat live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are only located in four Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Murter on the Island of Murter (25), Split (<10), Sibenik (<10), Sisak (<5), and in Hrvatski Leskovac (<5).