Surname Jugovac in modern Croatia

Jugovac families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area , less frequently Italians from Umaga. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Umag. In Rafaeli in Porec area every second inhabitant had the family name Jugovac.

Prevalence

About 410 people with faimily name Jugovac live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 340 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 44 other places, mostly in Pula (40), Novaki Motovunski in Pazin area (40), Porec (30), Novigrad (15), and in Dajla (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 20 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (6), Argentina (5), Australia (3), Sweden (2), the United States (2), France (1), and to Venezuela (1).
Family name Jugovac (including: Iugovaz , Jugovaz and Jugovatz ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. "Jugovatz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Jugovac, Edo Jugovac, Denis Jugovac, Branko Jugovac, Boris Jugovac, Alberto Jugovac, Marijan Jugovac, Milan Jugovac, Gracijan Jugovac, Alfredo Jugovac, Vilma Jugovac, Marino Jugovac, Sergio Jugovac, Alen Jugovac, Bruno Jugovac, Ali Jugovac, Aleksandar Jugovac, Valter Jugovac, Roberto Jugovac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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