Surname Perak in modern Croatia

Perak families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Jajce area) and in Valpovo. In places Donji Bešpelj and Barevo in Middle Bosnia every sixth inhabitant had the family name Perak.

Prevalence

About 820 people with faimily name Perak live in Croatia today, in 310 households. There were 450 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 44 cities and 77 other places, mostly in Zagreb (115), Vuka in Djakovo area (50), Valpovo (45), Split (35), and in Karlovac (35).

Outside Croatia

Family name Perak (including: Peracha , Perhac , Perache , Perachi , Perach , Peracho , Perakh , Perack and Perac ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. "Perakh " is used by few people in the United States. "Perach " is used by some 200 people in Israel and small number in the United States. "Peracha " is used by some 9000 people in Pakistan , about 200 in Saudi Arabia , and some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Perak, Zvonimir Perak, Mladen Perak, Slaven Perak, Zdenko Perak, Željka Perak, Ivan Perak, Željko Perak, Jasminka Perak, Mato Perak, Milenko Perak, Daniela Perak, Ivo Perak, Marin Perak, Vlado Perak, Ante Perak, Antun Perak, Mile Perak, Petar Perak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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