Surname Pongrac in modern Croatia

Pongrac families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Prelog area.

Prevalence

About 920 people with faimily name Pongrac live in Croatia today, in 400 households. There were 1000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 38 cities and 89 other places, mostly in Zagreb (255), Sveta Marija in Prelog area (130), Gorican in Cakovec area (75), Cakovec (45), and in Radakovo in Zabok area (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), France (3), Germany (3), Australia (2), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Pongrac (including: Pongratz , Pongracz , Pongraz , Pongrazzi , Pongrác and Pongrazz ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. The family name "Pongrac " is used by some 200 people in Romania , about 100 in the United States , and some 70 people in Australia. "Pongratz " is used by some 4000 people in Germany , about 1000 in the United States , and some 900 people in Austria. "Pongrazz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Pongrac, Mladen Pongrac, Ana Pongrac, Ivan Pongrac, Blanka Pongrac, Mira Pongrac, Tomislav Pongrac, Melita Pongrac, Tatjana Pongrac, Jadranko Pongrac, Vanesa Pongrac, Silvije Pongrac, Dragica Pongrac, Darijo Pongrac, Darko Pongrac, Zvonimir Pongrac, Zvonko Pongrac, Edo Pongrac, Ivica Pongrac

Mentions in sources

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

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