Surname Krga in modern Croatia

Krga families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Otocac area , but often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac area and in Zagreb. In Homoljac in Otocac area every second inhabitant had the family name Krga.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Krga live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Korenica in Otocac area (10), Pula (10), Kutina (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Krga (including: Cerga , Chergia , Cherga , Chirga , Kerga , Churga and Charga ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Krga " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Kerga " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sofija Krga, Dušan Krga, Đorđe Krga, Nikola Krga, Andrea Krga, Milenko Krga, Vedran Krga, Danijela Krga, Zoran Krga, Veljko Krga, Rade Krga, Nenad Krga, Goran Krga, Milena Krga, Krga Krga, Branko Krga, Branka Krga, Irena Krga, Vedrana Krga

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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