Surname Pucar in modern Croatia

Pucar families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Metkovic , whereas often Croats (from Zadar). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Metkovic. In Glušci in Metkovic every sixth inhabitant had the family name Pucar.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Pucar live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Crno (20), Zagreb (10), Metkovic (<10), Glusci (<10), and in Zadar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pucar (including: Puzar , Putzar , Puchar , Puzhar , Puzsar and Puzzar ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. "Puzar " is used by some 100 people in Slovakia , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Puchar " is used by some 70 people in Czech Republic , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Poland. "Puzsar " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Hungary , and small number of people in Austria , small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Marin Pucar, Miro Pucar, Ana Pucar, Tihana Pucar, Anita Pucar, Mirko Pucar, Marko Pucar, Saša Pucar, Ivica Pucar, Irena Pucar, Petar Pucar, Jadranka Pucar, Aleksa Pucar, Karmela Pucar, Lisjen Pucar, Nenad Pucar, Lari Pucar, Dalibor Pucar, Mirjana Pucar

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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