Surname Posavac in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 600 people with faimily name Posavac live in Croatia today, in 280 households. There were 840 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 37 cities and 77 other places, mostly in Zagreb (90), Bjelovar (55), Osijek (45), Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (45), and in Baranjsko Petrovo Selo in Beli Manastir area (25).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), Austria (2), Germany (2), Switzerland (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Posavac (including: Posavatz , Posawatz ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Posavac " is used by some 100 people in Chile , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Posavatz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Posawatz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Živka Posavac, Dejan Posavac, Bojan Posavac, Alen Posavac, Zlatko Posavac, Dejana Posavac, Slaven Posavac, Ljubislav Posavac, Vanja Posavac, Gordana Posavac, Ivica Posavac, Jasna Posavac, Marko Posavac, Mirko Posavac, Slavica Posavac, Andrija Posavac, Zvonko Posavac, Josip Posavac, Melita Posavac

Mentions in sources

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

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