Surname Perši in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Perši families are Croats (from Varazdin ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Perši live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Varazdin (45), Zagreb (<10), Trnovec in Varazdin area (<10), Kucan Marof (<10), and in Bartolovec in Varazdin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Perši (including: Persi , Persy , Persie , Pershi , Pershiy , Perschin , Perschik , Pershai , Perschi 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. "Perschi " is used by few people in the United States. "Pershay " is used by some 70 people in Belarus , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Stela Perši, Nenad Perši, Anđelko Perši, Sanjin Perši, Gordan Perši, Dražen Perši, Dalibor Perši, Ivana Perši, Vanja Perši, Rudica Perši, Snježana Perši, Mladen Perši, Damir Perši, Radovan Perši, Ratko Perši, Karolina Perši, Natalija Perši, Danica Perši, Rade Perši

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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