Surname Pankas in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pankas families are predominantly Croats (from Vukovar ), rarely Czechs (from Grubisno Polje ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar and Grubisno Polje.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Pankas live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and 8 other places, mostly in Vukovar (<10), Grubisno Polje (<5), Veliki Zdenci (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Marcelji in Rijeka area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pankas (including: Pancharas , Pankasz , Pancas , Pankash , Panchras , Panchas and Panchadas ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Pankas " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josipa Pankas, Goran Pankas, Helmut Pankas, Mario Pankas, Robert Pankas, Mihaela Pankas, Betina Pankas, Ivan Pankas, Josip Pankas, Vesna Pankas, Blaženka Pankas, Đurđica Pankas, Tomislav Pankas, Marija Pankas, Margareta Pankas, Ana Pankas, Kata Pankas, Jelica Pankas, Mirko Pankas

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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