Surname Polojac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Polojac families are mainly Croats (from Karlovac ), equally Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Polojac live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located and 7 other Croatian places, mostly in Karlovac (15), Zagreb (15), Podgorje in Glina area (10), Bukovica Utinjska in Duga Resa area (<10), and in Kutina (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Polojac (including: Poloyac , Polojaz and Poloiaz ) is present in 9 countries on two continents. The family name "Polojac " is used by small number of people in Italy , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Poloyac " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ružica Polojac, Rade Polojac, Željko Polojac, Saša Polojac, Denis Polojac, Siniša Polojac, Bojan Polojac, Dragić Polojac, Marica Polojac, Ivan Polojac, Mile Polojac, Ranko Polojac, Dušan Polojac, Joso Polojac, Fjodor Polojac, Ivanka Polojac, Marija Polojac, Radmila Polojac, Jadranka Polojac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1932 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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