Surname Perić in modern Croatia

Perić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from east Herzegovina , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb. In Donji Rujani in Western Bosnia every fifth inhabitant had the family name Perić.

Prevalence

About 7200 people with faimily name Perić live in Croatia today, in 2900 households. There were 3600 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 99 cities and 490 other places, mostly in Zagreb (1290), Split (540), Zadar (345), Osijek (255), and in Rijeka (215).

Outside Croatia

At least nine 8 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (26), Argentina (15), Australia (14), Austria (13), the United States (11), the United Kingdom (5), Switzerland (5), France (3), Sweden (2), Canada (2), the Netherlands (1), and to Brazil (1).
Family name Perić (including: Perich , Peric , Periche , Perick , Perici , Pericci , Pericht , Perichi , Peritsch and Perics ) is present in 72 countries worldwide. The family name "Peric " is used by some 700 people in Germany , about 600 in the United States , and some 200 people in Austria. "Perich " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 800 in Spain , and some 600 people in Venezuela. "Pericht " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Slovakia , and small number of people in Hungary.

Characteristic first names

Željko Perić, Jože Perić, Tomo Perić, Julia Perić, Sandra Perić, Sanja Perić, Porin Perić, Nikša Perić, Vesna Perić, Marko Perić, Marcela Perić, Branko Perić, Mihaela Perić, Zlatko Perić, Ivan Perić, Mario Perić, Dean Perić, Ines Perić, Berislav Perić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over seventy times, the first time 1716 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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