Surname Šagi in modern Croatia

Šagi families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area , rarely Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Varazdin. In Brodarovec in Ivanec area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Šagi.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Šagi live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Brodarovec in Ivanec area (45), Varazdin (20), Valpovo (15), Jagodnjak in Beli Manastir area (<10), and in Bartolovec in Varazdin area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šagi (including: Sagi , Saghi , Shagi , Saggi , Sagie , Saagi , Saghri , Saghai , Saghni and Shagie ) is present in 84 countries worldwide. "Saggi " is used by some 200 people in Pakistan , about 100 in the United States , and some 90 people in Viet Nam. "Saghie " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Shragi " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vilim Šagi, Gordan Šagi, Dragutin Šagi, Dražen Šagi, Jurica Šagi, Ivan Šagi, Goran Šagi, Snježana Šagi, Marin Šagi, Stjepan Šagi, Božica Šagi, Tomislav Šagi, Željko Šagi, Damir Šagi, Darko Šagi, Manuela Šagi, Velimir Šagi, Martin Šagi, Miljenko Šagi

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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