Surname Kegljević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kegljević families are Croats (from Ozalj area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ozalj area. In Plavci in Ozalj area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Kegljević.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Kegljević live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Jastrebarsko (<10), Gudalji (<10), and in Jurkovo Selo (<10) and Plavci (<10) in Ozalj area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Kegljević is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Željko Kegljević, Jurica Kegljević, Jadranka Kegljević, Mario Kegljević, Ana Kegljević, Ivica Kegljević, Gordana Kegljević, Alen Kegljević, Dragica Kegljević, Mira Kegljević, Ilija Kegljević, Kata Kegljević, Jasna Kegljević, Milena Kegljević, Vanja Kegljević, Davor Kegljević, Robert Kegljević, Marija Kegljević, Mare Kegljević

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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