Surname Goga in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Goga families are predominantly Croats (from Dubrovnik area ), rarely Serbs, and very rarely Albanians (from Kosovo ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik area and in Dubrovnik. In Ivanjski Bok in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Goga.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Goga live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Petrinja (10), Dubrovnik (<10), Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<5), and in Mokosica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Goga (including: Gogha , Goggia , Gogah , Gogga , Ghogha , Ghoga and Gogaa ) is present in 84 countries worldwide. "Goggia " is used by some 300 people in Argentina , about 60 in the United States , and some 60 people in Italy. "Ghogha " is used by small number of people in Iran , small number in Morocco , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirjana Goga, Debora Goga, Ilija Goga, Goran Goga, Simeon Goga, Marija Goga, Katija Goga, Dijana Goga, Riza Goga, Drage Goga, Antonela Goga, Ivica Goga, Marinka Goga, Zdravko Goga, Estera Goga, Nadia Goga, Kate Goga, Obren Goga, Alen Goga

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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