Surname Longo in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Longo families are generally Croats (from Split ), very rarely Italians (from Rovinj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Rovinj.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Longo live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located and threee other Croatian places, mostly in Split (15), Ploce (<5), Zagreb (<5), Rovinj (<5), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Longo (including: Hlongo , Llongo , Longgo , Longoo , Longoh , Loongo , Longho , Longgoh and Lonngo ) is present in 97 countries worldwide. "Loongo " is used by some 300 people in Zambia , about 60 in Uganda , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Longo, Antonio Longo, Žana Longo, Jelena Longo, Nevija Longo, Iris Longo, Slađana Longo, Stela Longo, Jana Longo, Bartol Longo, Željko Longo, Jerko Longo, Leonardo Longo, Lucia Longo, Sovjetka Longo, Đino Longo, Damir Longo, Frane Longo, Rosa Longo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1614 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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