Surname Prlić in modern Croatia

Prlić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from north Herzegovina. According to some sources they are from Rasnog u west Herzegovina, barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in North Herzegovina (Jablanica area) and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 420 people with faimily name Prlić live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 41 other places, mostly in Zagreb (170), Split (55), Makarska (25), Imotski (20), and in Hum Bistricki in Zlatar area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Prlić (including: Prlic , Perlick , Perlich , Perlic , Prlich , Perlicz and Perlitsch ) is present in 20 countries on four continents. "Prlich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Perlich " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 300 in Germany , and small number of people in Canada. "Perlic " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Prlić, Karmen Prlić, Damir Prlić, Ante Prlić, Nada Prlić, Jerko Prlić, Krešimir Prlić, Ancila Prlić, Igor Prlić, Miro Prlić, Ivan Prlić, Ivica Prlić, Ana Prlić, Frano Prlić, Tomislav Prlić, Davorin Prlić, Ingrid Prlić, Vlatko Prlić, Dražen Prlić

Mentions in sources

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

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