Surname Žigo in modern Croatia

Žigo families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Rab. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and on the Island of Rab.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Žigo live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Barbat na Rabu on the Island of Rab (50), Sinj (35), Lucane (35), Rijeka (15), and in Split (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žigo (including: Zigo , Zygo , Zsigó , Zsigo , Zhigo and Ziego ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. The family name "Zigo " is used by some 500 people in Slovakia , about 400 in the United States , and some 300 people in Tanzania. "Ziego " is used by few people in the United States. "Zsigo " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dijana Žigo, Mislav Žigo, Lada Žigo, Ana Žigo, Krsto Žigo, Bože Žigo, Ivan Žigo, Ante Žigo, Franka Žigo, Valentina Žigo, Josip Žigo, Joško Žigo, Sanja Žigo, Diana Žigo, Matija Žigo, Vinko Žigo, Ivica Žigo, Dina Žigo, Marija Žigo

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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