Surname Poc in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Poc families are Croats by relative majority (from Vukovar ), rarely Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Beli Manastir area and in Vukovar.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Poc live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Vukovar (<5), Zmajevac in Beli Manastir area (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Poc (including: Poch , Pocci , Potz , Pooch , Poz , Pocchi , Pozz , Pocz and Phoc ) is present in 91 countries worldwide. "Poz " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Russian Federation , and some 100 people in Brazil. "Potz " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Germany , and some 70 people in Poland. "Pozz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Poc, Šandor Poc, Leopold Poc, Irena Poc, Josip Poc, Nada Poc, Mileva Poc, Kristina Poc, Paulina Poc, Margita Poc, Tomislav Poc, Janko Poc, Marija Poc, Stana Poc

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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