Surname Forgać in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Forgać families are Croats (from Vrbovec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Vrbovec.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Forgać live in Croatia today, in five households only.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Negovec (<10), Peskovec (<10), and in Marinovec Zelinski (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Forgać (including: Forgac , Forgacs , Forgach , Forgaci , Forgatsch , Forgác , Forgács , Forgacz , Forgách and Forgachi ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Forgac " is used by some 2000 people in Slovakia , about 300 in Czech Republic , and some 200 people in the United States. "Forgach " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 400 in Hungary , and some 100 people in Mexico. "Forgatsch " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Forgać, Zoran Forgać, Katarina Forgać, Božica Forgać, Tomislav Forgać, Vedranka Forgać, Goran Forgać, Valentina Forgać, Daniel Forgać, Dario Forgać, Ivan Forgać, Mara Forgać, Marica Forgać

Mentions in sources

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

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