Surname Perica in modern Croatia

Perica families are Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac area. According to some sources they are from Krusevo near Oklaj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac area and in Zagreb. In places Bila Vlaka and Velim in Benkovac area every third inhabitant had the family name Perica.

Prevalence

About 1400 people with faimily name Perica live in Croatia today, in 520 households. There were 820 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 40 cities and 73 other places, mostly in Zagreb (310), Zadar (260), Split (80), Bila Vlaka in Benkovac area (75), and in Sibenik (50).

Outside Croatia

Family name Perica (including: Perrica , Periza and Pericha ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Perica " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Italy , and some 100 people in France. "Perrica " is used by some 100 people in Italy and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Perica, Marijana Perica, Slavko Perica, Ana Perica, Blaženka Perica, Ivica Perica, Josip Perica, Neven Perica, Hrvoje Perica, Mirjana Perica, Marko Perica, Darko Perica, Mladen Perica, Ivan Perica, Zorka Perica, Zvjezdana Perica, Renato Perica, Ante Perica, Djuro Perica

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1842 in source Catholic Church Parish Records 1842.

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