Surname Bregović in modern Croatia

Bregović families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Ivanec. In Kaniža in Ivanec every third inhabitant had the family name Bregović.

Prevalence

About 440 people with faimily name Bregović live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 470 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 65 other places, mostly in Ivanec (70), Kaniza (40), Zagreb (30), Varazdin (30), and in Beretinec in Varazdin area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: France (3), Australia (2), Switzerland (2), Germany (1), the United States (1), Austria (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Bregović (including: Bregovich , Beregovich and Bregovic ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. "Beregovich " is used by some 80 people in Ukraine , small number in Chile , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vladimir Bregović, Robert Bregović, Anita Bregović, Ratko Bregović, Miljenko Bregović, Ljubomir Bregović, Stjepan Bregović, Božena Bregović, Slavica Bregović, Jasna Bregović, Sanja Bregović, Vjekoslav Bregović, Mateja Bregović, Goran Bregović, Andrej Bregović, Mladen Bregović, Danijel Bregović, Davorka Bregović, Valentina Bregović

Mentions in sources

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

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