In Croatia, Podrk families are generally Croats (from Sveti Ivan Zelina area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sveti Ivan Zelina area and in Zagreb. In Dvorišće in Sveti Ivan Zelina area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Podrk.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Podrk live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), and in Dvorisce (<10) and Rakovec (<5) in Sveti Ivan Zelina area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Podrk is present in this form only in Croatia.