Surname Persi in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Persi families are predominantly Italians (from Novigrad ), rarely Croats (from Labin ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Labin and Pula.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Persi live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Pula (<5), Rabac (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Novigrad (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Persi (including: Persy , Persie , Pershy , Pershi , Perczi and Perssi ) is present in 58 countries worldwide. The family name "Persi " is used by some 3000 people in Italy , about 2000 in Brazil , and some 400 people in the United States. "Pershy " is used by small number of people in Ukraine and small number in the United States. "Perczi " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tullio Persi, Elda Persi, Dino Persi, Fabio Persi, Giovanni Persi, Emilio Persi, Desanka Persi, Giuseppina Persi, Alessandro Persi, Ana Persi, Antonio Persi, Eufemia Persi, Evelina Persi, Giovani Persi, Maria Persi, Marija Persi, Marko Persi, Martino Persi, Matteo Persi

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1672 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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