In Croatia, Pulig families are Croats (from Jastrebarsko area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Jastrebarsko area. In Tržić in Jastrebarsko area every third inhabitant had the family name Pulig.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Pulig live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in four Croatian counties and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Trzic in Jastrebarsko area (10), Jastrebarsko (<10), Demerje (<5), and in Bregana (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Pulig is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Pulig " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in the Philippines , and small number of people in Ecuador. "Pullig " is used by some 900 people in Brazil , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in France.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
