Surname Potoč in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Potoč families are Croats (from Pleternica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pleternica area and in Pleternica area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Potoč live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Slavonski Brod (<10), Stari Slatinik in Pleternica area (<10), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Potoč (including: Potoc , Pototschnik , Pototschnig , Potochny , Potochar , Potock , Potochak , Potochna , Pottock and Potochan ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Potoc " is used by some 60 people in Spain , small number in Czech Republic , and small number of people in the United States. "Potock " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Potochny " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Gordana Potoč, Dijana Potoč, Ivan Potoč, Dražen Potoč, Vedran Potoč, Slavka Potoč, Ilija Potoč, Maria Potoč, Kata Potoč, Goran Potoč, Dunja Potoč, Dorotea Potoč, Matija Potoč, Filip Potoč, Franjo Potoč, Valentin Potoč, Matilda Potoč, Šarić Potoč

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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