In Croatia, Purich families are predominantly Italians (from the Island of Cres ), rarely Croats (also from the Island of Cres ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Cres.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Purich live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Cres on the Island of Cres (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Purich is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Purich " is used by some 200 people in Ukraine , about 90 in the United States , and some 60 people in Canada.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.