Surname Fugaj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Fugaj families are Croats (from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec area and in Bjelovar. In Tučenik in Vrbovec area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Fugaj.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Fugaj live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 6 other places, mostly in Tucenik in Vrbovec area (<10), Vrbovec (<10), in Buzadovac (<10) and Gradecki Pavlovec (<10) in Vrbovec area, and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Fugaj is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Fugaj " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vedrana Fugaj, Mihael Fugaj, Zoran Fugaj, Marijo Fugaj, Slađana Fugaj, Stjepan Fugaj, Ankica Fugaj, Drago Fugaj, Mladen Fugaj, Vladimir Fugaj, Marijan Fugaj, Dragutin Fugaj, Darko Fugaj, Petra Fugaj, Zlata Fugaj, Marica Fugaj, Đurđa Fugaj, Ivančica Fugaj, Mirjana Fugaj

Mentions in sources

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

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