Požega families are Croats and they are mostly from Slunj. According to some sources they are from Popovca near Bosiljeva. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slunj and Zagreb. In places Lumbardenik and Gornji Popovac in Slunj every fifth inhabitant had the family name Požega.
Prevalence
About 510 people with faimily name Požega live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 510 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 41 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Lumbardenik (45), Slunj (40), Karlovac (35), and in Omisalj on the Island of Krk (20).
Outside Croatia
At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (2), and to Australia (1). Family name Požega (including: Pozega , Pozhega ) is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Pozega " is used by some 300 people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.
