Hey Luke,

There is an article on Wikipedia (search for "Surname Pokrajac") about the possible roots of our last name.

This is the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pokrajac/Surname_Pokrajac

Regards,

Tomo Pokrajac

Tomo,

Thanks! I've seen that article in Wikipedia before, that is actually the most information available on our last name. My father always says that there were a bunch of Pokrajac's in the phone book in Belgrade, but I always thought that it was a pretty uncommon Serbian name. I have a cousin Bogulub that lives in Canada, I see that is where you're writing from.

Luke,

Please read the articles in the Learning Center, just start at your gf and then backtrace. You will automatically find the person who assumed the surname.

I think that I know Bogoljub !
If you find something new about our last name please post it here or on wikipedia.

Thanks!

Will do Tom, nice to talk with you.

I was wondering if anyone of on this message board of serbian ancestry has completed genetic testing to determine their paternal haplotype lineage. My father's line is an I1B1 P37 haplotype which is very prevalent in the balkans, especially in Dalmatia and Croatia. My mom's father is also a p37 haplotype but he was from Slovenia.

Hi, I am Goran pokrajac. i leaving in Mirkovci in Croatia. My father was born in razvodje 1935, a I have family in Razvodje

Hi Goran,

Nice to see that another Pokrajac joined us here

Do you know how many Pokrajac's are still in Drnis area? (Razvodje is close to Drnis, correct?) I heard that there is a village named Pokrajac's in the Drnis area. Is that true?

PS. If you prefer I can write in Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian language!

Tomo.

Može Tomo bolje je na naški, Engleski mi nije baš jača strana. U Razvoč‘u sada živi možda 5 ljudi. Poslije Oluje sve se razbježalo u Srbiju. Pokrajaca sada ima svugdje. Moj otac je u Е idu, ostali svugdje.

Za Luke
Travice sada žive u Mirkovima u Hrvatskoj, a dosta ih je odselilo u Srbiju. Dve familije su u Kuzminu i dve u Novom sad za koje ja zn am

Hvala na odgovoru Gorane

Nego reci mi, prije rata gdje je bilo najvise Pokrajaca u okolici Drnisa, u samom gradu ili u nekom selu u okolici? Pitam zato sto je moj predak doselio u Livno (Bih) iz okolice Drnisa, (najverojatnije) krajem 19-tog stoljeca. Interesira me sta se prica medju vama koji ste rodjeni u okolici Drnisa. Dali ste i vi dosli odnekud ili je prezime Pokrajac prvo nastalo u tom regionu?

I anybody likes to see the posts in english as well please let me know.

Bilo bi interesantno organizirati Skype conference sa nekoliko Pokrajaca. Ima nas stvarno nekoliko online!

Ima li iko zainteresiran?

Luke,

Do you speak any of our languages?

Hey Tomo,

Hvala, Gosh, I wish my dad was here from Pittsburgh to help me out with the translation...Unfortunately, I was never taught serbian growing up...other than a few choice words, LOL!! It sounds as though these fellows might be some relations of ours. My cousin Nikola is still over in the Razvode area from what my dad has said.

Luke