Peurača families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Duga Resa area , whereas often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Duga Resa area and in Vinkovci. In Gornji Budački in Duga Resa area every third inhabitant had the family name Peurača.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Peurača live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Gornji Budacki in Duga Resa area (<10), Osijek (<10), Jastrebarsko (<5), and in Brebornica in Duga Resa area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Peurača is present in 6 countries on four continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.