Surname Požarić in modern Croatia

Požarić families are Croats and they are mostly from Oroslavje area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Oroslavje area.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Požarić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Kupjak in Delnice area (<10), Bribir in Novi Vinodolski area (<10), Gornja Pacetina (<10), and in Naselje Stjepana Radica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Požarić (including: Pozaric , Pozarich ) is present in three countries on two continents. "Pozarich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Požarić, Krešimir Požarić, Ivan Požarić, Draženko Požarić, Adriano Požarić, Tomislav Požarić, Ivona Požarić, Nada Požarić, Domagoj Požarić, Željka Požarić, Marija Požarić, Vjekoslav Požarić, Igor Požarić, Dejan Požarić, Tereza Požarić, Dorian Požarić, Mladen Požarić, Nadica Požarić, Jadranka Požarić

Mentions in sources

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

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