Surname Poznić in modern Croatia

Poznić families can be both Croats (the family name originates from Cakovec area ) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek. In Gazije in Orahovica area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Poznić.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Poznić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 340 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Osijek (25), Martinisce (15), Bjelovar (<10), and in Fericanci in Orahovica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Poznić (including: Poznic , Poznich and Poznick ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. The family name "Poznic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in France. "Poznich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Poznick " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Thailand , and small number of people in Saudi Arabia.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Poznić, Ivana Poznić, Miroslav Poznić, Zdravko Poznić, Swen Poznić, Franjo Poznić, Predrag Poznić, Milan Poznić, Maja Poznić, Nada Poznić, Nikola Poznić, Danijel Poznić, Ljubomir Poznić, Dušan Poznić, Marko Poznić, Siniša Poznić, Krešimir Poznić, Branka Poznić, Nevenka Poznić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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