Surname Jergović in modern Croatia

Jergović families are Croats and they are mostly from Otocac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and Zagreb. In Ramljani in Otocac every ninth inhabitant had the family name Jergović.

Prevalence

About 570 people with faimily name Jergović live in Croatia today, in 250 households. There were 660 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 38 cities and 54 other places, mostly in Zagreb (145), Otocac (50), Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (25), Ramljani (20), and in Sisak (20).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Germany (2), Switzerland (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Jergović (including: Jergovic , Jergovich and Yergovich ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Jergovic " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Sweden. "Jergovich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Yergovich " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Jergović, Miljenko Jergović, Marijan Jergović, Matijana Jergović, Dragan Jergović, Marko Jergović, Ivan Jergović, Darko Jergović, Siniša Jergović, Juraj Jergović, Đurđica Jergović, Stjepan Jergović, Jadranka Jergović, Marica Jergović, Manda Jergović, Ksenija Jergović, Igor Jergović, Ante Jergović, Verica Jergović

Mentions in sources

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

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