Surname Požgaj in modern Croatia

Požgaj families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In Molvice in Samobor every eighth inhabitant had the family name Požgaj.

Prevalence

About 910 people with faimily name Požgaj live in Croatia today, in 340 households. There were 900 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 37 cities and 104 other places, mostly in Zagreb (165), Beretinec in Varazdin area (45), Samobor (35), and in Belica (30) and Orehovica (25) in Cakovec area.

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), Austria (1), the United States (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Požgaj (including: Pozgay , Pozsgay and Pozgaj ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. "Pozgay " is used by some 300 people in Slovakia , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Pozsgay " is used by some 300 people in Hungary , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Požgaj, Zdravko Požgaj, Nikola Požgaj, Željka Požgaj, Mladen Požgaj, Darko Požgaj, Željko Požgaj, Mirko Požgaj, Dražen Požgaj, Marija Požgaj, Damir Požgaj, Josipa Požgaj, Ivica Požgaj, Franjo Požgaj, Štefanija Požgaj, Zoran Požgaj, Srećko Požgaj, Višnja Požgaj, Mirjana Požgaj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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