In Croatia, Puhača families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec area and in Hrvatska Kostajnica area. In Stari Glog in Vrbovec area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Puhača.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Puhača live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties and 11 other places, mostly in Gornja Oraovica (10) and Dvor (<10) in Hrvatska Kostajnica area, Zagreb (<10), Vrbovecki Pavlovec (<10), and in Nova Kapela in Vrbovec area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Puhača (including: Puhaca , Puhachova ) is present in 12 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.