Surname Žugaj in modern Croatia

Žugaj families are Croats and they are mostly from Glina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and Sisak. In Donja Trstenica in Glina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Žugaj.

Prevalence

About 630 people with faimily name Žugaj live in Croatia today, in 260 households. There were 600 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 64 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Petrinja (60), Sisak (45), Glina (40), and in Topusko in Glina area (35).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žugaj (including: Zugaj , Zugay , Zhugay and Zugai ) is present in 16 countries on three continents. The family name "Zugaj " is used by some 3000 people in Poland , about 200 in France , and some 100 people in the United States. "Zugay " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Poland , and small number of people in Canada. "Zugai " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Ranko Žugaj, Ivan Žugaj, Miroslav Žugaj, Anita Žugaj, Brankica Žugaj, Marija Žugaj, Željko Žugaj, Milan Žugaj, Nikola Žugaj, Stjepan Žugaj, Alojz Žugaj, Zlatko Žugaj, Josip Žugaj, Sanja Žugaj, Vera Žugaj, Davor Žugaj, Barbara Žugaj, Mato Žugaj, Anka Žugaj

Mentions in sources

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

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