Surname Podgajac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Podgajac families are Croats (from Vinkovci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Vinkovci area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Podgajac live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only five Croatian places: in Podravlje (<5), Djakovo (<5), Darda in Osijek area (<5), Aljmas in Vinkovci area (<5), and in Bilje in Osijek area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Podgajac is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Podgajac, Marko Podgajac, Vera Podgajac, Ružica Podgajac, Magdalena Podgajac, Matija Podgajac, Zdenka Podgajac, Benedikt Podgajac, Blaženka Podgajac, Marijan Podgajac, Darko Podgajac, Stjepan Podgajac, Ines Podgajac, Matej Podgajac, Igor Podgajac, Verica Podgajac, Katarina Podgajac, Elizabeta Podgajac, Hrvoje Podgajac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1754 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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