In Croatia, Ponjan families are almost entirely Croats (from Zlatar area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Ponjan live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, in one city and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), in Mace (10) and Mali Komor (<10) in Zlatar area, Jalsevec Nartski in Dugo Selo area (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).