Surname Puharić in modern Croatia

Puharić families are Croats and they are mostly from Makarska. According to some sources they are from Hungary. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Makarska and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 360 people with faimily name Puharić live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 340 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 0 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Makarska (235), Zagreb (25), Rijeka (20), Matulji in Opatija area (15), and in Jaksic in Pozega area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), France (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Puharić (including: Puharic , Puharich and Pucharich ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Puharic " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Brazil. "Puharich " is used by small number of people in Canada , small number in the United States , and small number of people in New Zealand. "Pucharich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Milan Puharić, Zrinka Puharić, Marko Puharić, Predrag Puharić, Marija Puharić, Hari Puharić, Vlado Puharić, Lenjin Puharić, Snježana Puharić, David Puharić, Mirjana Puharić, Joško Puharić, Krasin Puharić, Nino Puharić, Danijela Puharić, Antonio Puharić, Dalibor Puharić, Silva Puharić, Mandalena Puharić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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