Surname Ergović in modern Croatia

Ergović families are Croats and they are mostly from Pozega area. According to some sources they are from Bitelic near Sinj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega area and in Pozega. In Gornji Lipovac in Pozega area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Ergović.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Ergović live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 24 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Gornji Lipovac in Pozega area (30), Turnic (20), Pozega (15), and in Split (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ergović (including: Ergovic , Hergovic , Ergovich and Hergovich ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Ergovic " is used by few people in the United States. "Ergovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Ergović, Goran Ergović, Gabrijela Ergović, Vladimir Ergović, Ivan Ergović, Mario Ergović, Stella Ergović, Đurđica Ergović, Anica Ergović, Maja Ergović, Stjepan Ergović, Ivana Ergović, Melita Ergović, Patricia Ergović, Marija Ergović, Marko Ergović, Pavao Ergović, Zvonko Ergović, Mato Ergović

Mentions in sources

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

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