Surname Puratić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Puratić families are Croats (from the Island of Brac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Brac and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Puratić live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Sumartin on the Island of Brac (<10), Stobrec (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Dugo Selo (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Puratić (including: Puratic , Puratich ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. "Puratich " is used by some 80 people in Argentina , small number in Chile , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Lada Puratić, Nenad Puratić, Ana Puratić, Nehaj Puratić, Jakša Puratić, Marin Puratić, Jerko Puratić, Mladen Puratić, Anita Puratić, Helena Puratić, Gabrijel Puratić, Mario Puratić, Željko Puratić, Darinka Puratić, Darko Puratić, Branka Puratić, Marica Puratić, Radovan Puratić, Ivan Puratić

Mentions in sources

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

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