Surname Piri in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Piri families are Croats (from Vukovar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar and in Banat, Vojvodina.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Piri live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Vukovar (<10), Zagreb (<5), Vinkovci (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Piri (including: Phiri , Pieri , Pierri , Pirie , Pirri , Pierie , Pirih , Pirhi and Pihri ) is present in 122 countries worldwide. "Pierie " is used by some 90 people in the United States , small number in the Netherlands , and small number of people in France. "Pirie " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Great Britain , and some 1000 people in South Africa. "Pirri " is used by some 2000 people in Italy , about 500 in the United States , and some 400 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Jasna Piri, Tihana Piri, Dragutin Piri, Darko Piri, Zrinka Piri, Sunčana Piri, Krunoslav Piri, Gabrijela Piri, Ištvan Piri, Antun Piri, Jasenka Piri, Vatroslav Piri, Dominik Piri, Mia Piri, Eržebet Piri, Katarine Piri, Marija Piri

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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