Surname Špicnagel in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Špicnagel families are Croats (from Hrvatska Kostajnica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Špicnagel live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Sisak (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Uncani in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Špicnagel (including: Spitznagel , Spicnagel ) is present in 17 countries on four continents. "Spitznagel " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 800 in the United States , and some 200 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Perica Špicnagel, Nikola Špicnagel, Josipa Špicnagel, Anka Špicnagel, Marija Špicnagel, Milan Špicnagel, Krešimir Špicnagel, Ana Špicnagel, Ivan Špicnagel, Ivica Špicnagel, Ivo Špicnagel, Jela Špicnagel, Jure Špicnagel, Sava Špicnagel

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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