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Surname Peričić in modern Croatia
Peričić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Novi Vinodolski. According to some sources they are from Vrhbosna area and Sukosan, where they immigrated from Bune (Bosnia) or Vrlika, very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zadar. In Gornji Zagon in Novi Vinodolski every fourth inhabitant had the family name Peričić.
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Prevalence
About 610 people with faimily name Peričić live in Croatia today, in 250 households. There were 420 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 40 cities and 43 other places, mostly in Split (95), Zagreb (70), Novi Vinodolski (60), Zadar (55), and in Crikvenica (45).
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Outside Croatia
At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Germany (2), Australia (2), Sweden (1), Austria (1), and to France (1).
Family name Peričić (including: Pericic , Pericas , Pericich and Perichich ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Pericic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Argentina , small number of people in Germany. "Pericich " is used by some 100 people in Argentina and about 50 in the United States. "Perichich " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Denis Peričić,
Damir Peričić,
Petar Peričić,
Marijan Peričić,
Šime Peričić,
Laura Peričić,
Danka Peričić,
Duško Peričić,
Alen Peričić,
Danilo Peričić,
Sonja Peričić,
Marin Peričić,
Mirjana Peričić,
Darko Peričić,
Zdenka Peričić,
Tomislav Peričić,
Vesna Peričić,
Igor Peričić,
Dragana Peričić
