Surname Faraguna in modern Croatia

Faraguna families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Labin , rarely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Labin and Pula. In places Rogočana and Vinež in Labin every seventieth inhabitant had the family name Faraguna.

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Faraguna live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 390 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 34 other places, mostly in Labin (50), Vinez (25), Pula (15), Kapelica (15), and in Strmac in Labin area (10).

Outside Croatia

At least 21 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: France (8), Sweden (3), Australia (3), the United States (3), Spain (2), Argentina (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Faraguna is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Faraguna " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Italy , and some 70 people in Japan.

Characteristic first names

Silvija Faraguna, Mladen Faraguna, Branko Faraguna, Leo Faraguna, Mauricio Faraguna, Elio Faraguna, Vanja Faraguna, Robert Faraguna, Roberto Faraguna, Srećko Faraguna, Bruno Faraguna, Nadija Faraguna, Lari Faraguna, Anika Faraguna, Mate Faraguna, Boris Faraguna, Patricia Faraguna, Katja Faraguna, Dejvid Faraguna

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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