Surname Karaga in modern Croatia

Karaga families are Croats and they are mostly from Knin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Karaga live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Hrastovica (35), in Lekenik (15) and Pescenica (10) in Petrinja area, and in Zadar (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Karaga (including: Caraga , Karagah , Charraga , Kharaga , Kharagah , Charaga and Chbaraga ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. "Karagah " is used by some 700 people in Iran , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Jordan. "Charraga " is used by some 400 people in Mexico and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Drago Karaga, Maja Karaga, Lidija Karaga, Ivica Karaga, Mirna Karaga, Sulejman Karaga, Ljiljana Karaga, Milan Karaga, Verka Karaga, Dubravko Karaga, Tomislav Karaga, Ivan Karaga, Mara Karaga, Janko Karaga, Željka Karaga, Katarina Karaga, Sanjin Karaga, Ksenija Karaga, Zdenko Karaga

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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