In Croatia, Potokar families are predominantly Croats (from Zagreb ), rarely Macedonians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Potokar live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only four naselja i to in Belovar (<5), Zagreb (<5), Dugo Selo (<5), and in Hajdine (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.