Štriga families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin area and in Varazdin. In Rakovec in Varazdin area every second inhabitant had the family name Štriga.
Prevalence
About 210 people with faimily name Štriga live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Rakovec in Varazdin area (40), Zagreb (35), Ljubescica in Varazdin area (25), Krizevci (20), and in Fajerovec in Novi Marof area (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Štriga (including: Striga , Stryga and Shtriga ) is present in 21 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.