Perhat families are Croats and they are mostly from Crikvenica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Pula. In Prhati in Porec area every second inhabitant had the family name Perhat.
Prevalence
About 270 people with faimily name Perhat live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Rijeka (35), Jadranovo (35), Prhati in Porec area (25), Pula (25), and in Zagreb (20).
Outside Croatia
Family name Perhat is present in 26 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.