In Croatia, Žugović families are Croats (from Bjelovar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar area and in Bjelovar. In Vrbica in Bjelovar area every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Žugović.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Žugović live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Bjelovar (10), Dubrovnik (<10), Veliko Trojstvo in Bjelovar area (<10), Ferdinandovac in Djurdjevac area (<5), and in Prespa (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Žugović is present in this form only in Croatia.
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.