Surname Periz in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Periz families are Croats by relative majority (from Bjelovar ), less frequently Serbs, and rarely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Periz live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Bjelovar (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Pavlin Klostar in Bjelovar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Periz (including: Perriez , Periez and Pehriz ) is present in 25 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Nada Periz, Antonia Periz, Stanko Periz, Melanija Periz, Ljiljana Periz, Goran Periz, Milutin Periz, Jovo Periz, Kata Periz, Petar Periz, Đina Periz

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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