Prgomet families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area) and in Imotski area. In Slivno in Imotski area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Prgomet.
Prevalence
About 1100 people with faimily name Prgomet live in Croatia today, in 410 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled. They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 40 cities and 73 other places, mostly in Zagreb (170), Split (165), Slavonski Brod (130), Makarska (85), and in Osijek (40).
Outside Croatia
At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), the United States (3), and to Australia (2). Family name Prgomet is present in 17 countries on four continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.