Surname Peruš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Peruš families are Croats (from Jastrebarsko area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Jastrebarsko area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Peruš live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Donja Kupcina in Jastrebarsko area (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Novo Selo Lasinjsko in Jastrebarsko area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Peruš (including: Perus , Perusse , Perussi , Perusso , Perrus , Perhus , Perush , Peruschiy , Perusch and Peruschek ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. "Perusse " is used by some 1000 people in Canada , about 1000 in the United States , and some 300 people in Brazil. "Perussi " is used by some 2000 people in Brazil and small number in the United States. "Perusso " is used by some 1000 people in Brazil , about 100 in Argentina , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Peruš, Tomislav Peruš, Tomo Peruš, Emica Peruš, Marica Peruš, Stjepan Peruš, Damir Peruš, Iztok Peruš, Franjo Peruš, Ivanka Peruš, Slavica Peruš, Janez Peruš, Bara Peruš, Jaga Peruš, Katarina Peruš, Ljubica Peruš, Irena Peruš, Lorena Peruš, Dalibor Peruš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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