Parenta families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Zadar area , whereas often Croats (also from Zadar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar area and in Zadar. In Islam Latinski in Zadar area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Parenta.
Prevalence
About 130 people with faimily name Parenta live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Rijeka (40), Zadar (25), Split (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Islam Latinski in Zadar area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Parenta is present in 9 countries worldwide. The family name "Parenta " is used by some 300 people in Indonesia , small number in Austria , and small number in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.
