Surname Aga in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Aga families are mainly Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ), rarely Bosniaks (from Rijeka area ), and very rarely Turks (from Kraljevica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska area and in Nova Gradiska.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Aga live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 9 other places, mostly in Rijeka (25), Resetari in Nova Gradiska area (15), Cernik in Rijeka area (15), and in Cernik (<10) and Zapolje (<5) in Nova Gradiska area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Aga (including: Agha , Agah , Aaga , Agga , Aghya , Aghah , Aagha , Agaa and Ahga ) is present in 130 countries worldwide. "Agaa " is used by few people in the United States. "Ahga " is used by few people in the United States. "Aghia " is used by small number of people in Indonesia and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Alojzije Aga, Katica Aga, Destan Aga, Milan Aga, Amir Aga, Hijacinta Aga, Rasim Aga, Izafer Aga, Bejmen Aga, Vezaip Aga, Marija Aga, Elmir Aga, Mijo Aga, Dario Aga, Sabina Aga, Jasmina Aga, Dejan Aga, Dalibor Aga, Tatjana Aga

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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