Surname Jagec in modern Croatia

Jagec families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Varazdin area.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Jagec live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Cakovec (40), Nedelisce in Cakovec area (20), Zagreb (10), Kursanec (10), and in Varazdin (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jagec (including: Jagetz , Jagech ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. "Jagetz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marija Jagec, Dragica Jagec, Ivanka Jagec, Zoran Jagec, Ivan Jagec, Željko Jagec, Vjeran Jagec, Mladen Jagec, Ivana Jagec, Pavao Jagec, Andreja Jagec, Danijela Jagec, Marko Jagec, Silva Jagec, Irena Jagec, Danijel Jagec, Franjo Jagec, Mario Jagec, Marijan Jagec

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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