Surname Perin in modern Croatia

Perin families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Ugljan. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Jastrebarsko.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Perin live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zadar (40), Kali on the Island of Ugljan (35), Zagreb (10), Gornja Kupcina (10), and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), Australia (4), Canada (3), the Netherlands (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Perin (including: Perrin , Perrien , Perryn , Perhin , Perinn , Peryn , Pherrin , Pherin and Perien ) is present in 122 countries worldwide. "Perien " is used by few people in the United States. "Perrin " is used by some 70000 people in France , about 20000 in the United States , and some 5000 people in Canada. "Perinn " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Juraj Perin, Đenko Perin, Miroslav Perin, Livio Perin, Luciano Perin, Nevenka Perin, Nada Perin, Višnja Perin, Nenad Perin, Mario Perin, Josip Perin, Tomislav Perin, Nina Perin, Danijela Perin, Irena Perin, Damir Perin, Mirko Perin, Manuela Perin, Miro Perin

Mentions in sources

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.

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