Surname Peranić in modern Croatia

Peranić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pag. According to some sources sa otoka Raba. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Pag and in Rijeka. In places Stara Novalja and Novalja on the Island of Pag every eighth inhabitant had the family name Peranić.

Prevalence

About 450 people with faimily name Peranić live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 390 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 22 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Stara Novalja on the Island of Pag (135), Rijeka (80), Zagreb (50), Novalja on the Island of Pag (40), and in Kraljevica (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (9), the United States (3), Australia (2), France (2), Uruguay (2), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Peranić (including: Peranich , Peranick and Peranic ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. "Peranich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Peranick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Peranić, Mladen Peranić, Nenad Peranić, Ivica Peranić, Dražen Peranić, Irena Peranić, Nikola Peranić, Tonči Peranić, Ružica Peranić, Jasna Peranić, Budimir Peranić, Veljko Peranić, Marko Peranić, Franjo Peranić, Krešimir Peranić, Renata Peranić, Sanjin Peranić, Barbara Peranić, Siniša Peranić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1734 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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