Surname Poj in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Poj 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 two Croatian cities only, in Vukovar (<10) and Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Poj (including: Poly , Poy , Poi , Pooi , Paj , Pooj , Poie , Pooy and Pohy ) is present in 143 countries worldwide. The family name "Poj " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Paj " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Polya " is used by some 60 people in Tanzania , small number in the United States , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Branka Poj, Aleksander Poj, Emilija Poj, Draga Poj, Dominik Poj, Manuela Poj, Aleksandar Poj, Ana Poj, Dragica Poj

Mentions in sources

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

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