Surname Pogačnik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pogačnik families are mainly Croats (from Cakovec area ), less frequently Slovenes (also from Cakovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Slovenia.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Pogačnik live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), Pula (<10), and in Pleskovec in Cakovec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pogačnik (including: Pogacnik , Pogachnik , Pogatschnik , Pogachnick , Pogacsnik and Pogatschnick ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Pogacnik " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 70 in Germany , and small number of people in Austria. "Pogachnik " 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

Jagna Pogačnik, Ferdinand Pogačnik, Valentin Pogačnik, Jože Pogačnik, Natalie Pogačnik, Boris Pogačnik, Marjan Pogačnik, Anton Pogačnik, Anđelka Pogačnik, Azra Pogačnik, Bruno Pogačnik, Ana Pogačnik, Martin Pogačnik, Draga Pogačnik, Milan Pogačnik, Tomaž Pogačnik, Tatjana Pogačnik, Vedran Pogačnik, Carla Pogačnik

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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