Peraić families are Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac area and in Benkovac. In Polača in Benkovac area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Peraić.
Prevalence
About 300 people with faimily name Peraić live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Polaca in Benkovac area (140), Zadar (25), Rijeka (25), Split (20), and in Zagreb (20).
Outside Croatia
Family name Peraić is present in 8 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.
