Surname Podgornik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Podgornik families are generally Croats (from Delnice area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Serbia ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Delnice area and in Djakovo area.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Podgornik live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Satnica Djakovacka in Djakovo area (<10), Jesenice in Omis area (<10), Ravna Gora in Delnice area (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Podgornik (including: Podgornykh , Podgornikh and Podgornick ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Podgornik " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Italy , and some 90 people in Argentina. "Podgornick " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ksenija Podgornik, Rino Podgornik, Smilja Podgornik, Josip Podgornik, Marco Podgornik, Slavica Podgornik, Marijana Podgornik, Fran Podgornik, Stjepan Podgornik, Anita Podgornik, Damir Podgornik, Andrej Podgornik, Dominik Podgornik, Albert Podgornik, Bojan Podgornik, Savo Podgornik, Pavo Podgornik, Nedeljko Podgornik, Branko Podgornik

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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