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Surname Poropat in modern Croatia
Poropat families are often Croats and they are mostly from Buzet area , less frequently Italians (from Rovinj area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Rijeka. In Danci in Buje area every second inhabitant had the family name Poropat.
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Prevalence
About 720 people with faimily name Poropat live in Croatia today, in 330 households. There were 960 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 53 other places, mostly in Rovinj (160), Pula (110), Rijeka (90), Porec (70), and in Bale in Rovinj area (20).
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Outside Croatia
At least 24 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Sweden (5), Australia (5), Argentina (4), the United States (4), Germany (2), Austria (2), France (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Poropat is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Poropat " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Italy , and some 100 people in Argentina.
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Characteristic first names
Đani Poropat,
David Poropat,
Vjekoslav Poropat,
Branka Poropat,
Amorino Poropat,
Mirjana Poropat,
Siniša Poropat,
Mladen Poropat,
Valter Poropat,
Bruno Poropat,
Livio Poropat,
Igor Poropat,
Ivan Poropat,
Jolando Poropat,
Enver Poropat,
Dražen Poropat,
Gordana Poropat,
Lido Poropat,
Nadja Poropat
