Surname Ercegovac in modern Croatia

Ercegovac families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Knin area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Drnis.

Prevalence

About 460 people with faimily name Ercegovac live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 340 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Split (55), Knin (50), Kijevo in Knin area (45), and in Osijek (35).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Canada (1), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Ercegovac is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Ercegovac " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Australia. "Hercegovac " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Ercegovac, Maja Ercegovac, Roberto Ercegovac, Mirjana Ercegovac, Željko Ercegovac, Šimun Ercegovac, Stevimir Ercegovac, Dalibor Ercegovac, Nikola Ercegovac, Marijo Ercegovac, Mihael Ercegovac, Marko Ercegovac, Đuro Ercegovac, Antun Ercegovac, Jure Ercegovac, Marija Ercegovac, Zrinka Ercegovac, Stipe Ercegovac, Jadranka Ercegovac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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