In Croatia, Pernička families are predominantly Croats (from Vrbovec area ), rarely Czechs (from Novska area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec area and in Bjelovar. In Zvekovac in Vrbovec area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Pernička.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Pernička live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in only five naselja i to in Lipovljani in Novska area (<10), Zvekovac in Vrbovec area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Bjelovar (<5), and in Porozina on the Island of Cres (<5).