In Croatia, Perleta families are Croats (from Opuzen area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and in Opuzen area.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Perleta live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled. They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Metkovic (25), Mliniste in Opuzen area (15), Vukovina (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Split (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Perleta is present in 6 countries on two continents. "Perletta " is used by some 200 people in Italy and small number in the United States.
