In Croatia, Poluta families are generally Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on Peljesac Peninsula and in Dubrovnik.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Poluta live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in only five naselja i to in Janjina on the Peljesac peninsula (10), Zagreb (<5), Orebic on the Peljesac peninsula (<5), Split (<5), and in Nova Mokosica (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Poluta is present in 8 countries on three continents. "Polutta " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany.