Surname Ercegović in modern Croatia

Ercegović families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Trogir area and in Split. In places Sapina Doca , Jarebinjak and Ložnice in Trogir area every second inhabitant had the family name Ercegović.

Prevalence

About 970 people with faimily name Ercegović live in Croatia today, in 440 households. There were 940 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 40 other places, mostly in Split (230), Sibenik (140), Jesenice in Omis area (110), Rogoznica in Trogir area (95), and in Zagreb (80).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), Germany (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Ercegović (including: Ercegovic , Ercegovich ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Ercegovic " is used by some 70 people in Angola , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Ercegovich " is used by small number of people in Argentina , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Boris Ercegović, Darko Ercegović, Ljerka Ercegović, Anita Ercegović, Miroslav Ercegović, Nela Ercegović, Ivan Ercegović, Kristina Ercegović, Damir Ercegović, Ruža Ercegović, Ante Ercegović, Mirjana Ercegović, Eduard Ercegović, Davor Ercegović, Marija Ercegović, Stanojka Ercegović, Saša Ercegović, Mirela Ercegović, Marijan Ercegović

Mentions in sources

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

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