Surname Percela in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Percela families are generally Croats (from Klanjec area ), very rarely Serbs, and barely Bosniaks (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zapresic area.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Percela live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Donja Pusca in Zapresic area (15), Dubravica in Klanjec area (10), Zapresic (<10), and in Gornja Pusca in Zapresic area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Percela is present in 6 countries on two continents. "Percella " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Percela, Ljubica Percela, Stjepan Percela, Leon Percela, Snježana Percela, Siniša Percela, Vesna Percela, Saša Percela, Zvonimir Percela, Ivica Percela, Željko Percela, Natalija Percela, Robert Percela, Zlatko Percela, Nada Percela, Grozdana Percela, Oliver Percela, Ivan Percela, Dragica Percela

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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