Surname Puljar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Puljar families are almost entirely Croats (from Ogulin area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ogulin area and in Karlovac. In Gornji Zvečaj in Ogulin area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Puljar.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Puljar live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zvecaj (15), Karlovac (10), Zagreb (<5), Goricice Dobranske in Ogulin area (<5), and in Duga Resa (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Puljar (including: Puliar , Pulyar and Pullicar ) is present in 10 countries worldwide. "Pullicar " is used by small number of people in the Philippines and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Puljar, Nada Puljar, Ivica Puljar, Marijana Puljar, Željko Puljar, Mario Puljar, Rudolf Puljar, Mira Puljar, Barka Puljar, Andreja Puljar, Zdravko Puljar, Mirela Puljar, Vladimir Puljar, Anka Puljar, Edo Puljar, Mirjana Puljar, Kristina Puljar, Tina Puljar, Ana Puljar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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