In Croatia, Fugaš families are Croats (from Ivanic-Grad area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanic-Grad area and in Zagreb. In Donja Obreška in Ivanic-Grad area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Fugaš.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Fugaš live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are only located in threee Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Donja Obreska (10) and Klostar Ivanic (<10) in Ivanic-Grad area, Ivanic-Grad (<10), Blaskovec (<5), and in Poljanski Lug (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Fugaš (including: Fugas , Fugassa ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Fugas " is used by small number of people in Portugal and small number in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.
