In Croatia, Pertinač families are Croats (from Krizevci ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec area and in Rijeka.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Pertinač live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Rijeka (<10) and Krizevci (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.