Surname Laginja in modern Croatia

Laginja families are Croats and they are mostly from Opatija area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Opatija area.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Laginja live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 24 other places, mostly in Klana in Opatija area (60), Rovinj (15), Rijeka (15), Opatija (15), and in Pula (10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: France (3), the United States (1), Canada (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Laginja (including: Laginya , Laginia and Laghigna ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. "Laginya " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Laginia " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Robert Laginja, Bojan Laginja, Ivana Laginja, Luciano Laginja, Danijel Laginja, Tomislav Laginja, Aldimir Laginja, Damir Laginja, Klaudio Laginja, Boris Laginja, Ozren Laginja, Dalibor Laginja, Mato Laginja, Nadija Laginja, Srećko Laginja, Tatjana Laginja, Mario Laginja, Matko Laginja, Ivica Laginja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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