Surname Pokopac in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Pokopac live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and 6 other places, mostly in Hercegovac in Garesnica area (<10), Drazica in Grubisno Polje area (<10), Gudovac (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Novi Vinodolski (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pokopac is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Pokopac " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Pokopatz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Pokopac, Ivo Pokopac, Mato Pokopac, Sanja Pokopac, Senka Pokopac, Nikola Pokopac, Tihomir Pokopac, Marina Pokopac, Zdenka Pokopac, Jelka Pokopac, Josip Pokopac, Ivan Pokopac, Anka Pokopac, Boris Pokopac, Mira Pokopac, Dražen Pokopac, Mirela Pokopac, Eva Pokopac, Marija Pokopac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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