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Surname Pogorelec in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Pogorelec families are Croats (from Prelog area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Prelog area.
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Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Pogorelec live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and threee other places, mostly in Kotoriba in Prelog area (30), Cakovec (15), Zagreb (<10), Varazdin (<5), and in Donji Vidovec in Prelog area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Pogorelec is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Pogorelec " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Australia.
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Characteristic first names
Vladimir Pogorelec,
Danijela Pogorelec,
Zvonko Pogorelec,
Kristijan Pogorelec,
Anamarija Pogorelec,
Tomica Pogorelec,
Tomislav Pogorelec,
Matija Pogorelec,
Željko Pogorelec,
Dragutin Pogorelec,
Branko Pogorelec,
Božena Pogorelec,
Dragica Pogorelec,
Nevenka Pogorelec,
Zlatko Pogorelec,
Spomenka Pogorelec,
Boris Pogorelec,
Damir Pogorelec,
Julija Pogorelec
