Surname Pokorni in modern Croatia

Pokorni families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Kutina , but often Czechs (from Daruvar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Daruvar and Kutina.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Pokorni live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Kutina (15), Mali Pasijan (10), Daruvar (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Ladislav in Garesnica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pokorni (including: Pokorny , Pocorni , Pokornyy , Pocornie and Pockorny ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. "Pokorny " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Czech Republic , and some 800 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Marija Pokorni, Zdenko Pokorni, Ivanka Pokorni, Anita Pokorni, Melita Pokorni, Irena Pokorni, Srećko Pokorni, Mira Pokorni, Josip Pokorni, Krunoslav Pokorni, Kristina Pokorni, Franjo Pokorni, Dejana Pokorni, Darko Pokorni, Adriana Pokorni, Tomislav Pokorni, Libor Pokorni, Đana Pokorni, Željka Pokorni

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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