Peharda families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Varazdin. In Donje Ladanje in Ivanec area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Peharda.
Prevalence
About 370 people with faimily name Peharda live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 340 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Donje Ladanje in Ivanec area (65), Varazdin (55), Koretinec in Ivanec area (30), Zagreb (15), and in Vinica in Ivanec area (15).
Outside Croatia
At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (1), the United States (1), and to Germany (1). Family name Peharda is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Peharda " is used by small number of people in Germany 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 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
