Surname Kirigin in modern Croatia

Kirigin families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Brac. According to some sources they are Italian origin (Chiogga). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Brac and in Split.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Kirigin live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and four other places, mostly in Split (40), in Supetar (30) and Mirca (25) on the Island of Brac, Zagreb (25), and in Dubrovnik (15).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Canada (2), Germany (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Kirigin is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Kirigin " is used by some 200 people in Bolivia , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Chile , small number of people in South Africa. "Chirighin " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Sanjin Kirigin, Nebojša Kirigin, Fernando Kirigin, Jerko Kirigin, Branko Kirigin, Jano Kirigin, Zlatko Kirigin, Vera Kirigin, Petar Kirigin, Tonči Kirigin, Ante Kirigin, Arsen Kirigin, Draženka Kirigin, Mislav Kirigin, Viktor Kirigin, Nikola Kirigin, Boris Kirigin, Nada Kirigin, Barbara Kirigin

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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