Surname Potocki in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Potocki families are Croats (from Zupanja area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Brcko area) and in Zupanja area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Potocki live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Gunja in Zupanja area (<10), Slavonski Brod (<5), Zadar (<5), and in Mokrice (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Potocki (including: Potocky , Pototzki and Pototzky ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. The family name "Potocki " is used by some 9000 people in Poland , about 2000 in the United States , and some 200 people in France. "Potocky " is used by some 500 people in Slovakia , about 100 in Czech Republic , and some 50 people in the United States. "Pototzky " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Potocki, Natalija Potocki, Brigita Potocki, Ivan Potocki, Dražen Potocki, Jan Potocki, Karlo Potocki, Martina Potocki, Zlata Potocki, Manda Potocki, Marijo Potocki, Dario Potocki, Mandica Potocki, Andrej Potocki, Matea Potocki, Marko Potocki, Martin Potocki, Mario Potocki

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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