Surname Peros in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Peros families are Croats by relative majority (from Rijeka ), equally Italians (also from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Peros live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Rijeka (<5) and Zaton (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Peros (including: Perros , Perosh and Perross ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. The family name "Peros " is used by some 2000 people in the Philippines , about 900 in the United States , and some 400 people in Greece. "Perross " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Valter Peros, Paola Peros, Romano Peros, Milena Peros

Mentions in sources

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

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