Surname Ploh in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ploh families are almost entirely Croats (from Ludbreg area ), barely Slovenes (from Djakovo area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ludbreg area and in Varazdin. In Križovljan in Ludbreg area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Ploh.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Ploh live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Krizovljan in Ludbreg area (15), Zagreb (15), Vinkovci (<10), Varazdin (<5), and in Trnovec in Varazdin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ploh (including: Ploch , Plocher , Plothe , Plocha , Ploth , Plotho , Ploche , Plochg and Plochl ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. "Ploch " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 1000 in Poland , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Ploth " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Austria. "Plocha " is used by some 200 people in Poland , about 60 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marina Ploh, Jasminka Ploh, Ksenija Ploh, Željko Ploh, Marija Ploh, Vesna Ploh, Nikolina Ploh, Saša Ploh, Martina Ploh, Vladimir Ploh, Mario Ploh, Lidija Ploh, Miroslav Ploh, Stjepan Ploh, Vlatka Ploh, Davor Ploh, Krešimir Ploh, Snježana Ploh, Franjo Ploh

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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