Surname Puhač in modern Croatia

Puhač families are Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica area and in Koprivnica. In Donja Velika in Koprivnica area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Puhač.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Puhač live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (25), Donja Velika in Koprivnica area (<10), Sredice Gornje in Bjelovar area (<10), Split (<10), and in Ferdinandovac in Djurdjevac area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Puhač (including: Puchacz , Puhac , Puhach and Puchac ) is present in 13 countries on two continents. The family name "Puhac " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Puchac " is used by few people in the United States. "Puchacz " is used by some 1000 people in Poland and about 100 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gordana Puhač, Darko Puhač, Ronald Puhač, Saša Puhač, Ivan Puhač, Nikica Puhač, Marica Puhač, Željko Puhač, Josip Puhač, Zvonimir Puhač, Dunja Puhač, Alen Puhač, Irena Puhač, Stjepan Puhač, Andrija Puhač, Dijana Puhač, Ivica Puhač, Maja Puhač, Katarina Puhač

Mentions in sources

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.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories