Surname Periša in modern Croatia

Periša families are Croats and they are mostly from Skradin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Skradin. In Krković in Skradin every second inhabitant had the family name Periša.

Prevalence

About 880 people with faimily name Periša live in Croatia today, in 360 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 39 cities and 59 other places, mostly in Zagreb (180), Sibenik (135), Cepin in Osijek area (45), Krkovic (45), and in Split (30).

Outside Croatia

Family name Periša (including: Perisa , Perissa and Perisha ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Perisa " is used by some 300 people in Indonesia , about 200 in Germany , and some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ante Periša, Darinka Periša, Marina Periša, Tihomir Periša, Pero Periša, Dubravka Periša, Mila Periša, Marijan Periša, Mario Periša, Dubravko Periša, Mate Periša, Slavko Periša, Tomislav Periša, Nikola Periša, Jaka Periša, Ilija Periša, Vladimir Periša, Lovre Periša, Ivana Periša

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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