Surname Šeruga in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šeruga families are almost entirely Croats (from Lepoglava area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Solin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Lepoglava area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Šeruga live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Varazdin (<10), Bednja in Lepoglava area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Bjelovar (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šeruga (including: Seruga , Serugga , Seruggia , Sserugga and Scheruga ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Seruga " is used by some 500 people in Poland , about 200 in Uganda , and some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Šeruga, Bernarda Šeruga, Nevenka Šeruga, Branka Šeruga, Zlatko Šeruga, Adam Šeruga, Tomaž Šeruga, Bojan Šeruga, Ivan Šeruga, Juraj Šeruga, Ljudevit Šeruga, Bara Šeruga, Milka Šeruga, Robert Šeruga, Irena Šeruga, Mario Šeruga, Danijela Šeruga, Igor Šeruga, Zvone Šeruga

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1935 in source Faculty of Humanities University of Zagreb Alumni.

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