Surname Ponoš in modern Croatia

Ponoš families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Drnis , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis and Split.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Ponoš live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Split (35), Zagreb (20), Kastel Gomilica (<10), Sibenik (<10), and in Radovin in Nin area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ponoš (including: Ponos , Ponosh and Ponnoos ) is present in five countries on four continents. The family name "Ponos " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Luka Ponoš, Mladen Ponoš, Zvjezdana Ponoš, Ivana Ponoš, Marica Ponoš, Šime Ponoš, Davor Ponoš, Tihomir Ponoš, Gordan Ponoš, Lučana Ponoš, Mirko Ponoš, Jagoda Ponoš, Snežana Ponoš, Antun Ponoš, Dubravko Ponoš, Ivan Ponoš, Elizabeta Ponoš, Goran Ponoš, Lukša Ponoš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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