Surname Bognar in modern Croatia

Bognar families are often Croats and they are mostly from Osijek area , less frequently Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Pozega.

Prevalence

About 290 people with faimily name Bognar live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 350 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 36 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Osijek (35), Pozega (20), Djakovo (15), and in Baranjsko Petrovo Selo in Beli Manastir area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bognar is present in 41 countries worldwide. The family name "Bognar " is used by some 10000 people in Hungary , about 2000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Brazil. "Bognár " is used by some 2000 people in Hungary , about 80 in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ladislav Bognar, Branko Bognar, Miroslav Bognar, Antun Bognar, Martina Bognar, Franka Bognar, Nada Bognar, Attila Bognar, Marijan Bognar, Renata Bognar, Kristina Bognar, Ivica Bognar, Dario Bognar, Karlo Bognar, Ivan Bognar, Boris Bognar, Ljiljana Bognar, Goran Bognar, Alen Bognar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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