Surname Pogorilić in modern Croatia

Pogorilić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pag. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Pag and on the Island of Pag.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Pogorilić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Povljana on the Island of Pag (45), Rijeka (30), Pag on the Island of Pag (10), Pula (<5), and in Gorica on the Island of Pag (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Pogorilić (including: Pogorilic , Pogorilich ) is present in four countries on three continents. "Pogorilich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Pogorilić, Josip Pogorilić, Miljenko Pogorilić, Sani Pogorilić, Dubravko Pogorilić, Nataša Pogorilić, Marija Pogorilić, Mario Pogorilić, Marin Pogorilić, Ivana Pogorilić, Edita Pogorilić, Dejan Pogorilić, Silvana Pogorilić, Barica Pogorilić, Ingrid Pogorilić, Mladen Pogorilić, Ivan Pogorilić, Franjo Pogorilić, Jakov Pogorilić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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