Podboj families are Croats and they are mostly from Slatina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Slatina area. In Gornje Viljevo in Slatina area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Podboj.
Prevalence
About 130 people with faimily name Podboj live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Nova Bukovica in Slatina area (10), Desinic in Pregrada area (10), Osijek (10), and in Slatina (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Podboj is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Podboj " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Austria. "Podboy " is used by some 200 people in Brazil and about 200 in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.