Surname Forgač in modern Croatia

Forgač families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovca area (Negovec). According to some sources they are from Hungary. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec and Zagreb. In Negovec in Vrbovec every fifth inhabitant had the family name Forgač.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Forgač live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Negovec (30), Kutina (<10), Dugo Selo (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Slavonski Brod (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Forgač (including: Forgac , Forgach , Forgacs , 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

Ivan Forgač, Stjepan Forgač, Marijan Forgač, Dražen Forgač, Milica Forgač, Mirjana Forgač, Dalibor Forgač, Ivana Forgač, Dalida Forgač, Ivona Forgač, Danijel Forgač, Blaž Forgač, Biljana Forgač, Ivica Forgač, Jasna Forgač, Zoran Forgač, Željko Forgač, Danijela Forgač, Dunja Forgač

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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