Pofuk families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Ivanec.
Prevalence
About 310 people with faimily name Pofuk live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 50 other places, mostly in Remetinec (35), Prigorec (20), Pofuki in Novi Marof area (20), Varazdin (20), and in Ivanecka Zeljeznica (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pofuk is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1679 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.