Perkušić families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotski area and in Imotsko. In places Drum and Kamenmost in Imotski area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Perkušić.
Prevalence
About 460 people with faimily name Perkušić live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Split (145), Drum in Imotski area (130), Zagreb (50), Ugljane in Sinj area (30), and in Makarska (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Perkušić (including: Perkusic , Perkusich ) is present in five countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.