In Croatia, Pericin families are predominantly Italians (from Pula ), rarely Croats (also from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Pericin live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Pula (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pericin is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Pericin " is used by some 300 people in Brazil , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Switzerland.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
