Surname Pojer in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pojer families are Croats (from Pozega area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Pojer live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and four other places, mostly in Cerovac in Pozega area (35), Pozega (<10), Split (<10), Vrbovsko (<10), and in Stara Susica in Delnice area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pojer (including: Payer , Poyer , Pajer , Poier , Paier , Phayer , Pohyer , Polyner and Poiier ) is present in 60 countries worldwide. "Poyer " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 800 in France , and some 400 people in Brazil. "Pajer " is used by some 800 people in Czech Republic , about 600 in Hungary , and some 400 people in the United States. "Polyner " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Alen Pojer, Matija Pojer, Ivan Pojer, Radmila Pojer, Jasminka Pojer, Željko Pojer, Ivanka Pojer, Zlatko Pojer, Zoran Pojer, Tomislav Pojer, Kristina Pojer, Velimir Pojer, Anita Pojer, Bojan Pojer, Dario Pojer, Igor Pojer, Ivana Pojer, Vlado Pojer, Vesna Pojer

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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