Surname Prcela in modern Croatia

Prcela families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and in Sinj area.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Prcela live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Kosute in Sinj area (105), Split (30), Zagreb (10), Glavice (<10), and in Varazdin (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Canada (1).
Family name Prcela (including: Percella , Percela and Przela ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Prcela " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Przela " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Percella " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marin Prcela, Josip Prcela, Ante Prcela, Ana Prcela, Zrinka Prcela, Jakov Prcela, Božena Prcela, Mladen Prcela, Božo Prcela, Branimir Prcela, Davor Prcela, Frano Prcela, Vedrana Prcela, Aleksandra Prcela, Anamarija Prcela, Josipa Prcela, Marinko Prcela, Krešimir Prcela, Marija Prcela

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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