Surname Blagajac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Blagajac families are generally Croats (from Orahovica area ), very rarely Serbs, and barely Bosniaks (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovsko area and in Nasice. In Umol in Vrbovsko area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Blagajac.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Blagajac live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Fericanci in Orahovica area (20), Orahovica (<10), Klostar Ivanic in Ivanic-Grad area (<10), Ivanic-Grad (<10), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Blagajac is present in three countries.

Characteristic first names

Snježana Blagajac, Goran Blagajac, Bojan Blagajac, Zdravko Blagajac, Barbara Blagajac, Alen Blagajac, Slavko Blagajac, Matija Blagajac, Nenad Blagajac, Kata Blagajac, Daniela Blagajac, Miroslav Blagajac, Ana Blagajac, Danijel Blagajac, Željko Blagajac, Ivana Blagajac, Dragana Blagajac, Atif Blagajac, Adil Blagajac

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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