Surname Legović in modern Croatia

Legović families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Novigrada area , rarely Italians (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Porec. In places Tadini and Babići in Novigrad area every second inhabitant had the family name Legović.

Prevalence

About 500 people with faimily name Legović live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 520 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 46 other places, mostly in Porec (60), Rijeka (40), Pula (40), and in Kastelir (30) and Tadini (25) in Novigrad area.

Outside Croatia

At least 23 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (9), Argentina (5), the United States (3), France (2), Switzerland (1), Sweden (1), Germany (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Legović (including: Legovic , Legovich and Legowicz ) is present in 19 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Tarzan Legović, Milan Legović, Mario Legović, Eligio Legović, Branka Legović, Asja Legović, Ecio Legović, Zoran Legović, Viktor Legović, Nevio Legović, Anita Legović, Sabina Legović, Vito Legović, Tomislav Legović, Bruno Legović, Klaudio Legović, Ivana Legović, Boris Legović, Mirjana Legović

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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