In Croatia, Nerat families are generally Croats (from Bakar ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sibenik. In Šenkovec in Zapresic area every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Nerat.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Nerat live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Hreljin (<5), Sibenik (<5), Senj (<5), and in Otocac (<5).