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Surname Pervan in modern Croatia
Pervan families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrgorac. According to some sources they are from Citluk (Herzegovina) or Kricka near Drnis. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Vrgorac. In Kokorići in Vrgorac every second inhabitant had the family name Pervan.
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Prevalence
About 1100 people with faimily name Pervan live in Croatia today, in 420 households. There were 380 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 60 cities and 65 other places, mostly in Zagreb (240), Split (110), Kokorici (90), Brnaze (40), and in Vrgorac (40).
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Outside Croatia
At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), Germany (1), the United States (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Pervan is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Pervan " is used by some 700 people in Turkey , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in New Zealand.
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Characteristic first names
Petar Pervan,
Ivica Pervan,
Tajana Pervan,
Marijana Pervan,
Milica Pervan,
Niko Pervan,
Žarko Pervan,
Anica Pervan,
Stjepan Pervan,
Frano Pervan,
Maja Pervan,
Mojmir Pervan,
Eugen Pervan,
Vicko Pervan,
Kristina Pervan,
Zdenko Pervan,
Ivana Pervan,
Željko Pervan,
Berislav Pervan
