Surname Ignac in modern Croatia

Ignac families are mainly Roms and they are mostly from Cakovec , but often Croats (from Cakovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Varazdin. In Kuršanec in Cakovec every tenth inhabitant had the family name Ignac.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Ignac live in Croatia today, in 310 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 40 other places, mostly in Kursanec (185), Pribislavec (180), in Trnovec (135) and Orehovica (115) in Cakovec area, and in Cakovec (85).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ignac (including: Ignác , Ignatz , Ignazzi , Ignacz and Ignaz ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Ignac " is used by some 80 people in the United States. "Ignatz " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Brazil , and small number of people in Germany. "Ignacz " is used by some 300 people in Hungary and about 60 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Ignac, Radovan Ignac, Stojanka Ignac, Rudi Ignac, Kristijan Ignac, Janko Ignac, Milorad Ignac, Stjepan Ignac, Tihomir Ignac, Dušan Ignac, Nenad Ignac, Dijana Ignac, Jadranka Ignac, Zorica Ignac, Renato Ignac, Ana Ignac, Slađan Ignac, Damir Ignac, Antun Ignac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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