Surname Pop in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pop families are predominantly Croats (from Grubisno Polje area ), rarely Hungarians (also from Grubisno Polje area ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Grubisno Polje area and in Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Pop live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Grubisno Polje (15), Zagreb (10), Pakrac (<10), Velika Pisanica in Grubisno Polje area (<10), and in Bulinac in Bjelovar area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pop (including: Popp , Phoph and Poop ) is present in 134 countries worldwide. "Popp " is used by some 20000 people in Germany , about 10000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Damir Pop, Vendel Pop, Ružica Pop, Robert Pop, Zoran Pop, Ana Pop, Mihaela Pop, Dejan Pop, Dominika Pop, Danijela Pop, Senka Pop, Katarina Pop, Danijel Pop, Marina Pop, Dario Pop, Elimir Pop, Alen Pop, Marica Pop, Blaženka Pop

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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