Surname Puhak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Puhak families are Croats (from Zapresic area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zapresic area.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Puhak live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Zapresic (10), Prigorje Brdovecko in Zapresic area (<10), Vukovina (<5), and in Prudnice in Zapresic area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Puhak (including: Puchacz , Puchak , Puhach , Puhac , Puchniak , Puchlak , Puchalak and Puchelak ) is present in 16 countries on two continents. The family name "Puhak " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Puchak " is used by some 50 people in Ukraine and small number in the United States. "Puhac " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Puhak, Krešimir Puhak, Ivana Puhak, Štefica Puhak, Boris Puhak, Davor Puhak, Marija Puhak, Krunoslav Puhak, Siniša Puhak, Daniela Puhak, Jelena Puhak, Anđelka Puhak, Damir Puhak, Ivan Puhak, Vesna Puhak, Darko Puhak, Vladimir Puhak, Brankica Puhak, Josipa Puhak

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.

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