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.
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.