Surname Potočnik in modern Croatia

Potočnik families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Orahovica area , rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Orahovica area.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Potočnik live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Ludbreg (15), Cetekovac in Orahovica area (15), Rijeka (10), and in Prezid (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Potočnik (including: Potocnik , Potochnik , Pototschnik , Potochnick , Potocník , Potochnic , Potocnick and Potocnic ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Potocnik " is used by some 500 people in Austria , about 400 in the United States , and some 400 people in Germany. "Potochnik " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Peru. "Pototschnik " is used by some 100 people in Austria , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Petra Potočnik, Dunja Potočnik, Vladimir Potočnik, Davor Potočnik, Adriana Potočnik, Veljko Potočnik, Mladen Potočnik, Gordana Potočnik, Zoran Potočnik, Krunoslav Potočnik, Snježana Potočnik, Branko Potočnik, Igor Potočnik, Eva Potočnik, Neven Potočnik, Renata Potočnik, Damir Potočnik, Sanela Potočnik, Zlatko Potočnik

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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