Surname Počina in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Počina families are Croats (from Zadar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Počina live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Zadar (<10), Ist (<5), and in Daruvar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Počina (including: Pochina , Pochkina , Pocina , Pochinina , Pochekina , Pochtina , Pochepina , Pochutina , Pochelina and Pochmyina ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Pocina " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Pochkina " is used by some 200 people in Russian Federation , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gloris Počina, Ksenija Počina, Apolonija Počina, Šime Počina, Ružica Počina, Ive Počina, Leonard Počina, Gordana Počina, Ana Počina, Vesna Počina, Peta Počina, Ante Počina, File Počina, Abram Počina, Filipa Počina, Goran Počina, Ivan Počina, Ivana Počina, Ivanica Počina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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