In Croatia, Perika families are Croats (from Varazdinske Toplice ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdinske Toplice and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Perika live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Koprivnica (<10), Zagreb (<10), Peteranec in Koprivnica area (<5), Varazdin (<5), and in Novi Bosnjani (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1842 in source Catholic Church Parish Records 1842.