Surname Dovgan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Dovgan families are generally Croats (from Rijeka ), very rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Slovenia.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Dovgan live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Rijeka (10) and Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dovgan is present in 29 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Marko Dovgan, Ardea Dovgan, Ana Dovgan, Mihaela Dovgan, Marijan Dovgan, Slobodanka Dovgan, Marika Dovgan, Jasmina Dovgan, Zorko Dovgan, Jožica Dovgan, Blanka Dovgan, Diego Dovgan, Lea Dovgan, Monika Dovgan, Ira Dovgan, Štefanija Dovgan, Anica Dovgan, Ljubica Dovgan, Mojca Dovgan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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