In Croatia, Perinac families are Croats (from Karlovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Bjelovar. In Vukoder in Karlovac every seventh inhabitant had the family name Perinac.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Perinac live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only five Croatian places: in Vukoder (15), Gorscaki (10), Mahicno (<5), Zdralovi (<5), and in Kapela in Bjelovar area (<5).