Surname Blagus in modern Croatia

Blagus families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Prelog area.

Prevalence

About 460 people with faimily name Blagus live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 430 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 41 other places, mostly in Zagreb (150), Gorican in Cakovec area (35), Donji Kraljevec in Prelog area (35), Cakovec (35), and in Sveta Marija in Prelog area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), Belgium (1), the United States (1), Switzerland (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Blagus (including: Blagush , Blagusz ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Blagus " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Gordana Blagus, Zvonko Blagus, Franjo Blagus, Anita Blagus, Tomislav Blagus, Maja Blagus, Ivan Blagus, Goran Blagus, Karlo Blagus, Željko Blagus, Darko Blagus, Alen Blagus, Nevenka Blagus, Marija Blagus, Kristina Blagus, Saša Blagus, Branko Blagus, Katica Blagus, Vlado Blagus

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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