Surname Egjed in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Egjed families are Hungarians (from Osijek area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek area.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Egjed live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Laslovo in Osijek area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Egjed is present in 20 countries worldwide. "Egyed " is used by some 2000 people in Hungary , about 500 in Romania , and some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

David Egjed, Mijo Egjed, Franciska Egjed

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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