Surname Puža in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Puža families are Croats (from Orahovica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Orahovica.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Puža live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Orahovica (<5), Nova Josava (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Puža (including: Puza , Phuza , Puzhka , Puzza and Puzha ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Puza " is used by some 800 people in the United States , about 700 in Peru , and some 700 people in South Africa. "Puzza " is used by some 80 people in Tanzania and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vladimir Puža, Nada Puža, Vjeran Puža, Velimir Puža, Suzana Puža, Zlatica Puža, Vitomir Puža, Nicol Puža, Emil Puža, Amalija Puža, Dragutin Puža, Franjo Puža, Marica Puža, Tessa Puža

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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