Surname Peras in modern Croatia

Peras families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Peras live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Cakovec (25), Dekanovec in Prelog area (15), Varazdin (10), and in Mursko Sredisce (10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Canada (3) and the United States (1).
Family name Peras (including: Perras , Perash ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. "Perras " is used by some 2000 people in Canada , about 1000 in the United States , and some 400 people in France. "Perash " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ignac Peras, Damir Peras, Kristina Peras, Ivan Peras, Tamara Peras, Terezija Peras, Miljenko Peras, Ana Peras, Renata Peras, Željko Peras, Božica Peras, Zdravko Peras, Dušan Peras, Marko Peras, Davorka Peras, Nikola Peras, Đuro Peras, Tihomir Peras, Manuela Peras

Mentions in sources

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.

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