Surname Porenta in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Porenta families are generally Croats (from Zadar ), very rarely Slovenes (also from Zadar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zadar.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Porenta live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in five Croatian cities only: in Zadar (<10), Daruvar (<5), Pula (<5), Pakrac (<5), and in Hvar on the Island of Hvar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Porenta is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Porenta " is used by some 90 people in Indonesia , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Slađana Porenta, Sanimir Porenta, Mario Porenta, Dario Porenta, Krešimir Porenta, Jože Porenta, Nada Porenta, Marko Porenta, Miran Porenta, Marijan Porenta, Tita Porenta, Ratimira Porenta, Davorka Porenta, Irma Porenta, Karmela Porenta, Ivko Porenta, Roman Porenta, Jadranka Porenta, Paola Porenta

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1935 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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