Surname Pol in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pol families are Croats (from Porec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Porec and Pula. In Bucalovići in Porec area every second inhabitant had the family name Pol.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Pol live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Visnjan in Porec area (10), Rijeka (<10), Porec (<10), Sumarina (<5), and in Srebrnici in Porec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pol (including: Pohl , Pool , Poll , Polli , Polly , Pollie , Phol , Polh and Pohll ) is present in 153 countries worldwide. "Pohl " is used by some 80000 people in Germany , about 20000 in the United States , and some 6000 people in South Africa. "Pool " is used by some 20000 people in the United States , about 7000 in Mexico , and some 4000 people in South Africa. "Poll " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Germany , and some 2000 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Damir Pol, Dragutin Pol, Jasna Pol, Saša Pol, Vanja Pol, Romano Pol, Mario Pol, Aleksandra Pol, Marina Pol, Viktor Pol, Jakob Pol, Marija Pol, Valter Pol, Pino Pol, Toni Pol, Kata Pol, Vera Pol, Robert Pol, Ivana Pol

Mentions in sources

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.

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