Surname Perišić in modern Croatia

Perišić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Solin area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Solin area.

Prevalence

About 1400 people with faimily name Perišić live in Croatia today, in 540 households. There were 920 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 55 cities and 99 other places, mostly in Split (240), Dugopolje in Solin area (215), Zagreb (195), Podstrana in Solin area (125), and in Blato na Cetini (45).

Outside Croatia

At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), France (4), the United States (2), Australia (2), Austria (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Perišić (including: Perisic , Perisich , Perishic , Perishich and Perissich ) is present in 13 countries on three continents. The family name "Perisic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 80 in Germany , and small number of people in Sweden. "Perisich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Perishic " is used by few people in Russian Federation and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vedran Perišić, Zoran Perišić, Mate Perišić, Denis Perišić, Davor Perišić, Vuk Perišić, Ante Perišić, Mladen Perišić, Radovan Perišić, Stjepan Perišić, Srećko Perišić, Roko Perišić, Milenko Perišić, Alen Perišić, Antonio Perišić, Luka Perišić, Sreto Perišić, Marija Perišić, Vladimir Perišić

Mentions in sources

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

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