Surname Poljac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Poljac families are generally Croats (from Pozega area ), very rarely Bosniaks (from Bosnian Posavina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega area and in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area).

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Poljac live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and 5 other places, mostly in Dragovci in Pozega area (25), Slavonski Brod (10), Zagreb (<5), Batrina in Pozega area (<5), and in Nova Gradiska (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Poljac (including: Poliach , Poliac , Polyach and Pogliach ) is present in 14 countries on two continents. "Poliac " is used by small number of people in Romania and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anita Poljac, Damir Poljac, Adnan Poljac, Marijana Poljac, Marijan Poljac, Ivan Poljac, Milan Poljac, Vlado Poljac, Josip Poljac, Zdenka Poljac, Stjepan Poljac, Fadil Poljac, Terezija Poljac, Perka Poljac, Slavko Poljac, Željko Poljac, Manda Poljac, Semija Poljac, Asim Poljac

Mentions in sources

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

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