Prlenda families are Croats and they are mostly from Dubrovnik area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Middle Bosnia (Sarajevo area). In Poljice in Dubrovnik area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Prlenda.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Prlenda live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 0 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Gruda in Dubrovnik area (15), Split (15), Dubrovnik (15), Orasac (<10), and in Poljice in Dubrovnik area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Prlenda is present in 6 countries on four continents. "Perlenda " is used by few people in the United States.
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.