Surname Puač in modern Croatia

Puač families are often Serbs and they are mostly from Pozega area , less frequently Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and in Pozega area. In Kruševo in Pozega area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Puač.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Puač live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Pozega (15), Zagreb (<10), Osijek (<10), Kula in Orahovica area (<10), and in Beli Manastir (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Puač (including: Puac , Puacz , Puhach , Puhac , Puach and Puatsch ) is present in 17 countries on four continents. The family name "Puac " is used by some 10000 people in Guatemala , about 400 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Puatsch " is used by few people in the United States. "Puacz " is used by some 300 people in Poland , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stojan Puač, Zoran Puač, Mladen Puač, Branko Puač, Dako Puač, Jelena Puač, Dragana Puač, Ivan Puač, Vera Puač, Renata Puač, Siniša Puač, Dragomir Puač, Milan Puač, Živka Puač, Zdravko Puač, Mirjana Puač, Tamara Puač, Sandra Puač, Mirko Puač

Mentions in sources

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

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