In Croatia, Podreka families are generally Croats (from Buzet ), very rarely Italians (from Umag ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Buzet and in Slovenia. In Perci in Buzet every fourth inhabitant had the family name Podreka.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Podreka live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Umag (10), Strped (<10), Buzet (<5), Savudrija (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).