Pereža families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Trogir area. In places Pozorac and Marina in Trogir area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Pereža.
Prevalence
About 180 people with faimily name Pereža live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Split (45), in Marina (35) and Pozorac (35) in Trogir area, Trogir (20), and in Zagreb (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pereža is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Pereza " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Mexico , and some 100 people in Venezuela.
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.