Surname Pot in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pot families are Croats (from Slavonski Brod ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Zavidovici area).

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Pot live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Split (<5) and Slavonski Brod (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pot (including: Pott , Poot , Poth , Pothu , Pothe , Pooth , Potha , Podt and Phot ) is present in 106 countries worldwide. "Poth " is used by some 5000 people in Germany , about 2000 in the United States , and some 500 people in Hungary. "Pott " is used by some 7000 people in Germany , about 2000 in Brazil , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Pothu " is used by small number of people in Saudi Arabia and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Bruno Pot, Ružica Pot, Marko Pot, Darko Pot, Ivan Pot, Perka Pot, Marija Pot, Anton Pot, Dario Pot, Damir Pot, Martin Pot, Pera Pot

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 Faculty of Humanities University of Zagreb Alumni.

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