Surname Perčić in modern Croatia

Perčić families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Mursko Sredisce area and in Cakovec. In places Lapšina , Jurovec and Vrhovljan in Mursko Sredisce area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Perčić.

Prevalence

About 720 people with faimily name Perčić live in Croatia today, in 290 households. There were 830 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 31 cities and 77 other places, mostly in Rijeka (50), Zagreb (50), in Sveti Martin na Muri (45) and Lapsina (40) in Mursko Sredisce area, and in Split (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 30 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (8), Canada (6), Austria (4), the United States (3), Switzerland (3), France (3), Germany (2), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Perčić (including: Percic , Percich , Percassi , Pertschy , Perchick , Pertschi , Perchic , Percas and Perchich ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Percic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 80 in Poland , and some 60 people in Japan. "Percich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 50 in Argentina , and small number of people in Italy. "Perchick " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Željko Perčić, Ivan Perčić, Damir Perčić, Darko Perčić, Valter Perčić, Uta Perčić, Siniša Perčić, Zlatko Perčić, Stanko Perčić, Milan Perčić, Martin Perčić, Robert Perčić, Vesna Perčić, Velimir Perčić, Dejan Perčić, Đenio Perčić, Emanuel Perčić, Vicko Perčić, Branko Perčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1669 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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