Surname Poša in modern Croatia

Poša families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Korcula and in Dubrovnik. In Pupnat on the Island of Korcula every eighth inhabitant had the family name Poša.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Poša live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Pupnat on the Island of Korcula (45), Split (25), in Korcula (20) and Racisce (15) on the Island of Korcula, and in Dubrovnik (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Poša (including: Posa , Possa , Poosa , Phosa , Posha , Poshva , Posza , Posaa , Poscha and Posah ) is present in 68 countries worldwide. The family name "Posa " is used by some 3000 people in Italy , about 2000 in Hungary , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Poosa " is used by some 100 people in Thailand , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Sri Lanka. "Poshka " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Martina Poša, Katica Poša, Helena Poša, Damir Poša, Marinko Poša, Zdravko Poša, Vedran Poša, Blaženko Poša, Davor Poša, Marija Poša, Maja Poša, Jasna Poša, Sanja Poša, Maro Poša, Rina Poša, Gustav Poša, Verica Poša, Jure Poša, Mladen Poša

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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