Surname Puhar in modern Croatia

Puhar families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area , rarely Serbs and Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Split.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Puhar live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Rovinj (15), Kanfanar in Rovinj area (15), Veliki Otok in Koprivnica area (15), Opatija (<10), and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), Australia (4), the United States (3), the United Kingdom (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Puhar (including: Puchar , Puchnar , Puthaar and Puthar ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Puhar " is used by small number of people in Indonesia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Italy. "Puchar " is used by some 70 people in Czech Republic , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Poland.

Characteristic first names

Silvija Puhar, Ines Puhar, Mario Puhar, Radmilo Puhar, Borivoj Puhar, Allen Puhar, Daria Puhar, Ivan Puhar, Silvano Puhar, Dalibor Puhar, Denis Puhar, Milan Puhar, Goranka Puhar, Josip Puhar, Srećko Puhar, Slavica Puhar, Lorena Puhar, Miranda Puhar, Sandra Puhar

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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