Surname Pogač in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pogač families are predominantly Croats (from Ilok ), rarely Slovenes (from Beli Manastir area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Beli Manastir area and in Backa, Vojvodina.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Pogač live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and another small place , mostly in Ilok (<10), Zagreb (<5), Rijeka (<5), Knezevi Vinogradi in Beli Manastir area (<5), and in Zapresic (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pogač (including: Pogach , Pogaci , Pogachar , Pogatschnik , Pogac , Pogatscher , Pogatschnig , Poogach and Pogatsch ) is present in 19 countries on three continents. "Pogach " is used by some 90 people in the United States. "Pogachar " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Pogatschnik " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Pogač, Tihomir Pogač, Aleksandar Pogač, Ana Pogač, Dragana Pogač, Slavica Pogač, Miroslav Pogač, Ljubica Pogač, Davor Pogač, Dino Pogač, Tina Pogač, Filip Pogač, Lea Pogač, Una Pogač, Maja Pogač, Mia Pogač, Iva Pogač, Ljuba Pogač

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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