Surname Poka in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Poka families are Croats (from Krizevci ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krizevci and Osijek.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Poka live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Sesvete (<5) and Karlovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Poka (including: Poca , Phoka , Pochka , Pokka , Pokha , Pokaa , Pooka , Phokha and Pocka ) is present in 96 countries worldwide. "Pooka " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Pocha " is used by some 200 people in Canada , about 200 in Poland , and some 80 people in the United States. "Pocza " is used by some 400 people in Hungary , about 100 in the United States , and some 70 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Željko Poka, Dušan Poka, Nikolina Poka, Slava Poka, Katarina Poka, Milka Poka, Matej Poka, Antun Poka, Marijan Poka

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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