Surname Čagalj in modern Croatia

Čagalj families are Croats and they are mostly from Makarska area (Zagvozd). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Makarska area.

Prevalence

About 810 people with faimily name Čagalj live in Croatia today, in 310 households. There were 520 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 43 other places, mostly in Split (235), Zagvozd in Makarska area (135), Omis (60), Zagreb (55), and in Dubrovnik (40).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čagalj (including: Cagalj , Cagali , Cagalli , Chagali , Chaghali , Chagaly and Chagalli ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Cagalj " is used by some 50 people in Australia , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Željko Čagalj, Antun Čagalj, Miro Čagalj, Ivo Čagalj, Marija Čagalj, Zvjezdana Čagalj, Ante Čagalj, Ivan Čagalj, Nedjeljko Čagalj, Nada Čagalj, Vedran Čagalj, Antonio Čagalj, Pero Čagalj, Petar Čagalj, Renata Čagalj, Brankica Čagalj, Frano Čagalj, Slobodan Čagalj, Dario Čagalj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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