Surname Potočar in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Potočar live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located and four other Croatian places, mostly in Josipovac (<10), Djurdjenovac in Nasice area (<10), Zadar (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Potočar (including: Potocar , Potochar , Potociar and Potocár ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Potocar " is used by some 300 people in Slovakia , about 90 in the United States , and some 50 people in Czech Republic. "Potochar " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sandra Potočar, Andrijana Potočar, Ana Potočar, Robert Potočar, Zdravko Potočar, Alojzij Potočar, Damir Potočar, Dalibor Potočar, Stevo Potočar, Tomislav Potočar, Helena Potočar, Stjepan Potočar, Adam Potočar, Jozo Potočar, Radmila Potočar, Julija Potočar, Eva Potočar, Slavica Potočar, Miroslav Potočar

Mentions in sources

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.

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